- Date
- April 5, 1983, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pempbroke Pines, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2175HErcoupe G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830405015959A
- Case key
- 30871
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a tree during a forced landing after the engine lost power. Post accident investigation revealed that the fuel strainer was full of water and that the carburetor bowl contained one or two ounces of water. Draining of this water allowed proper operation of the engine. The engine would not idle below 1200-1500 RPM due to dirty jets in the carburetor. This problem had existed before and was not related to the accident according to the mechanic where the acft is based.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2175H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2798
- Airframe hours
- 880
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger A. Dick
- Registered owner
- United States Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1982
- Departed
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- TMB · Miami, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,036 total · 12 in this make and model · 3,009 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.