- Date
- January 3, 1973
- Place
- Oakham, MA · OAKHAM, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94771Erco 415-E
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730103000099A
- Case key
- 169762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0002 73/1/3 OAKHAM,MASS ERCO 415-E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 390 TIME - 0830 N94771 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 127 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MASS TURNERS FALLS,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94771
- Reported as
- Erco 415-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hiller
N94771Registration cancelled Jun 28, 1973 · Engineering & Research 415-EAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-E
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.