- Date
- December 23, 1974
- Place
- West Chester, PA · WEST CHESTER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99907Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741223042009A
- Case key
- 132480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4124 74/12/23 WEST CHESTER,PA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 60, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N99907 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHESTER,PA LOCAL 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 RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT PORPOISED ABT 4 TIMES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99907
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Chester
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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.