# NTSB MKC71DCJ29: Ercoupe 415-E, N94840, Harvard, NE, December 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 3, 1970
- Place: Harvard, NE · HARVARD, NE
- Location: 40.6201° N, 98.0961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harvard, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6201&lon=-98.0961&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71DCJ29
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCJ29

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94840-2006-04-19), registration cancelled 2006-04-19, S/N 4913, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415-E
- Registry model: [Ercoupe E](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-e) (registry code 0420504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Harvard State

## Other investigations on N94840 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL06LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA049), Mar 8, 2006: Ercoupe E (N94840), Wetumpka, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 2 exhaust, and intake valves for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a loss of engine power during cruise flight and damage to the airplane during the subsequent forced…

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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