- Date
- September 30, 1973
- Place
- Hershey, PA · HERSHEY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3850HErco 415-D
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730930029829A
- Case key
- 188646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2606 73/9/30 HERSHEY,PA ERCO 415-D CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N3850H PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1042 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERSHEY AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,PA HERSHEY,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- INSTRUCTOR ESTABLISHED HIGH SINK RATE WHILE DEMONSTRATING LANDING TO STUDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3850H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hershey Airpark
N3850HRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 1974 · Engineering & Research 415-DAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-D
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.