- Date
- September 11, 1976
- Place
- Saint James, MO · SAINT JAMES, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N87059Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760911037519A
- Case key
- 155579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3371 76/9/11 SAINT JAMES,MO ERCO 415-C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 45 TOTAL TIME - 0940 N87059 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CREVE COEUR,MO SAINT JAMES,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT LNDD IN A FLD SOUTH OF HOUSE MANY TIMES BEFORE ACDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87059
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N87059 · 1
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