- Date
- September 7, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Andover, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N99088Ercoupe 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820907049389A
- Case key
- 69780
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
Pilot reported he was taxiing and turned to avoid animals. Aircraft then collided with a tree. He had given two other versions verbally of how the damage occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99088
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1711
- Airframe hours
- 1,833
- Engine
- Continental C-75-12, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orville E. Brown
- Registered owner
- Orville E. Brown
- Departed
- Andover, KS
- Destination
- Andover, KS
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.