- Date
- October 13, 1977
- Place
- Alton, IA · ALTON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N87272Erco 415C
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771013032029A
- Case key
- 145214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3000 77/10/13 ALTON,IA ERCO 415C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N87272 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTON,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- TAKEOFF FROM HARVESTED CORN FIELD.ABORTED WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK ROUGH SOFT SPOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87272
- Reported as
- Erco 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N87272Registration cancelled May 21, 2018 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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Other investigations on N87272 · 1
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