- Date
- December 3, 1970
- Place
- Harvard, NE · HARVARD, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N94840Ercoupe 415-E
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4338 70/12/3 HARVARD,NEBR ERCOUPE 415-E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 281 TIME - 1050 N94840 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARVARD STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLARD NEB HOLDREDGE NEB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT LANDED W/O INCIDENT.WHILE HOLDING ON RNWY FOR HELP TO TAXI,GUST OVERTURNED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94840
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harvard State
N94840Registration cancelled Apr 19, 2006 · Ercoupe EAirframe modelErcoupe EEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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Other investigations on N94840 · 1
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