# NTSB MIA80FKQ02: Erco 415-C, N87156, Mooreville, MS, January 5, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 5, 1980
- Place: Mooreville, MS · MOOREVILLE, MS
- Location: 34.2649° N, 88.5769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mooreville, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2649&lon=-88.5769&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134883
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA80FKQ02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKQ02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0962   80/1/5    MOOREVILLE,MS       ERCO 415-C          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 38,
        TIME - 1430                    N87156              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  45 TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMB STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOOREVILLE,MS               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- DRG TKOF W RGT QTRG TAIL WND,ACFT DRIFTED LEFT OFF RWY TWD TREES BFR PLT ABORTED.WND GSTG 15KTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N87156](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87156-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 329, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCO 415-C
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (registry code 0420322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lamb Strip

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800105000309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800105000309A), Jan 5, 1980: Univar 415C, Mooreville, MS, Substantial damage. On takeoff student pilot drifted of runway alignment. Aborted. Landed on side of runway, nosed over in ditch.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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