- Date
- March 8, 1986, 18:00 local (Mar 9, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Versailles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3673HErcoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860308005899A
- Case key
- 34142
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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
The plt reports that he was hand propping the eng. He said the eng did not start on the first attempt and he primed it a second time. On the second try the eng started and the acft got away from the plt, taxied about 75 ft and collided with trees. The plt said he thought he had placed a chock on one wheel but later found both chocks on his workbench.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3673H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4298
- Airframe hours
- 1,715
- Engine
- Continental A75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe D. Lietzke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1985
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 17 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SZL, 40 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.
Other investigations on N3673H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.