- Date
- July 8, 1973
- Place
- Highgate, VT · HIGHGATE, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N93659Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730708020619A
- Case key
- 189739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1663 73/7/8 HIGHGATE,VT ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N93659 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 707 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKLIN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHGATE,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- APRX 100FT AGL IP SIM ENG FAILURE STUDENT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY LWR NOSE TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93659
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Franklin Co
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Other investigations on N93659 · 1
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