- Date
- November 16, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stormville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93523Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861116087189A
- Case key
- 30563
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that during the landing apch, aprx 1/2 mile from touchdown, the acft descended below the visual glidepath. Recovery was attempted with the application of power, however, the acft mushed into a field short of the rwy. The acft rolled, struck a roadway at the rwy threshold and bounced onto the arpt in a left wing low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93523
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 846
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Continental C75-12, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sam E. Cichon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1986
- Departed
- NY17 · Duanesburg, NY
- Destination
- N68 · Stormville, NY
- Airport
- N69 · Stormville, runway 24, 3,320 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 830 total · 830 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.