- Date
- July 3, 1982, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93358Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820703032069A
- Case key
- 71566
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Level off - improperCause
Landing gear,tire - overload
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Directional control - inadvertentCause
Nose over
Analysis
Witnesses reported that the aircraft bounced during touchdown and began porpoising. After bouncing 4 or 5 times, the nose tire blew out. Subsequently, the aircraft vee ed off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93358
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 681
- Engine
- Continental C-75-12, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brooks Payne
- Registered owner
- Brooks Payne
- Departed
- 1B9 · Mansfield, MA
- Destination
- 1B9 · Mansfield, MA
- Airport
- 1B9 · Mansfield Muni, runway 22, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 66 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.