- Date
- June 15, 1977
- Place
- New Bedford, MA · NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3762HErco 415C
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770615019459A
- Case key
- 157251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1280 77/6/15 NEW BEDFORD,MA ERCO 415C CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1011 TIME - 1002 N3762H PX- 1 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 276 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BEDFORD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- L HORIZONTAL MEMBER OF THE T-CONTROL YOKE FAILED AT WELD,HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT & FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3762H
- Reported as
- Erco 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New Bedford
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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.