- Date
- August 24, 1982, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, ME
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3728HErco 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820824041199A
- Case key
- 70149
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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Impairment(alcohol)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft was observed flying at low altitude during which the engine sounds ceased. The aircraft stalled and descended vertically to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3728H
- Reported as
- Erco 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4353
- Airframe hours
- 2,192
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles E. Gordon/Henry C. Con
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Gordon/Henry C. Con
- Departed
- C · Phillips, ME
- Destination
- C · Dixfield, ME
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 800 total
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.