- Date
- May 25, 1965
- Place
- Castlewood, VA · CASTLEWOOD, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99638Ercoupe 415C
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201551
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1319 65/5/25 CASTLEWOOD VA ERCOUPE 415C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N99638 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99638
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N99638Registration cancelled Aug 4, 1965 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C
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