# NTSB MKC82DA172: Ercoupe 415C, N99088, Andover, KS, September 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Andover, KS
- Coordinates: 37.689189, -97.130561 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6892&lon=-97.1306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA172
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69780/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA172

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - tree(s)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99088), registered now, S/N 1711, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415C
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (registry code 0420322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1711
- Airframe hours: 1833
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820907049389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820907049389A), Sep 7, 1982: Univar 415C, Andover, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he turned to avoid animals on farm strip and aircraft struck tree.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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