- Date
- February 25, 1984, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- N. Stillwell, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3112HErcoupe 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840225004339A
- Case key
- 33643
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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.
Analysis
After an eng power loss during takeoff climb, the plt landed the acft on the remaining runway. The hard landing resultedin a nose gear collapse. Post accident investigation revealed that the acft had only flown once in 7 months. The old automotive fuel had deteriorated and contained sediments. 5 gallons of aviation fuel had been added to the 8 gallons of automotive fuel prior to the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3112H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3737
- Airframe hours
- 1,152
- Engine
- Continental C85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Kleckner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 30, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 63K · Hillside, runway 18, 2,000 × 24 ft
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,402 total · 20 in this make and model · 13,781 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.