- Date
- August 3, 1968
- Place
- New London, MO · NEW LONDON, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2989HErcoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2648 68/8/3 NEW LONDON,MO ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 19, TIME - 1415 N2989H PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW LONDON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- BOTH OCCUPANTS DENY FLYING ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2989H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New London
N2989HRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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