- Date
- December 17, 1972
- Place
- South Boston, VA · SOUTH BOSTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N87119Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3449 72/12/17 SOUTH BOSTON,VA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N87119 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WM M TUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BOSTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PIC HAND PROPPED ENGINE,ACFT ROLLED ACROSS RUNWAY INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87119
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wm M Tuck
N87119Registration cancelled Jun 2, 2015 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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