- Date
- September 10, 1966
- Place
- Blaisdell, ND · BLAISDELL, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28953Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120803
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 66/9/10 NR.BLAISDELL N DAK ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N28953 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM NARROW COUNTRY ROAD-RIGHT WING STRUCK MAILBOX POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28953
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N28953Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2009 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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