- Date
- January 16, 1974
- Place
- Sikeston, MO · SIKESTON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3079HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740116000629A
- Case key
- 187201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0071 74/1/16 SIKESTON,MO ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N3079H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 2602 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIKESTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIKESTON,MO FULTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- PAX TURNED FLASHLIGHT ON PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3079H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sikeston
N3079HRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 1974 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.