- Date
- April 24, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N7515CForney Ercoupe
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870424011529A
- Case key
- 34373
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,filter - separationFactor
Maintenance,annual inspection - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Forced landing
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
The annual inspection on this acft was completed the day prior to this accident. During this flt, the wire holding the fuel filter bowl in place came loose and the bowl came off. The eng quit from fuel starvation and the plt made a forced landing in a plowed field. The nose gear partially collapsed shortly after touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7515C
- Reported as
- Forney Ercoupe
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27878-7-12
- Airframe hours
- 1,271
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Arant, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1987 · 1 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 547 total · 286 in this make and model · 547 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.