# NTSB MKC68A0032: Erco 415-C, N93588, Toledo, IA, October 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 27, 1967
- Place: Toledo, IA · TOLEDO, IA
- Location: 41.9902° N, 92.5803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9902&lon=-92.5803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68A0032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68A0032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1124  67/10/27 NR.TOLEDO,IOWA        ERCO 415-C          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 184
        TIME - 0830                    N93588              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDS.
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PLT NOT INST RATED.11 HRS SIMULATOR TIME.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93588](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93588-1967-10-27), registration cancelled 1967-10-27, S/N 911, built 1930 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCO 415-C
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (registry code 0420322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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