- Date
- February 26, 1987, 18:07 local (23:07 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93977Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870226037579A
- Case key
- 31862
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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 private pilot attempted to reduce throttle and land but the throttle control did not reduce the power. He then landed and attempted to use the brakes to stop the aircraft but it slid off the end of the runway into a ditch. Post accident examination of the throttle controls revealed that they functioned normally. The throttle control is 2 inches from the trim control on the instrument panel and they look and the feel similiar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93977
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1300
- Airframe hours
- 2,474
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rodrigo Gomez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Destination
- CLW · Clearwate, FL
- Airport
- CLW · Clearwater Exec, runway 15, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 15 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 6 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.