- Date
- February 28, 1975
- Place
- Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N87078Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750228003949A
- Case key
- 147904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0418 75/2/28 DODGE CITY,KS ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 2050 TIME - 1028 N87078 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DODGE CITY,KS COLDWATER,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES REMARKS- N311F SUB DMG-N43263 SUB DMG.LOW BATTERY,NO ONE AT CTLS.LINEMAN HOLDING WING UN RESTRAIN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87078
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dodge City
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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.