- Date
- April 6, 1974
- Place
- Winthrop, IA · WINTHROP, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2155HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740406015009A
- Case key
- 124304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1290 74/4/6 WINTHROP,IOWA ERCO 415-C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1325 N2155H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP INDEPENDENCE,IOWA RETURN WASHBURN,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- REASON FOR LOSS OF CTL WAS NOT DTRMND.REAR FUSELAGE SECT WITH EMPENNAGE ATCHD SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2155H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.