- Date
- April 5, 1987, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warwick, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2833HErcoupe 415D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30625
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight was on approach for landing on runway 3 at Warwick airport when the engine started to sputter. The pilot continued to pump the throttle but overshot the runway and landed in a swamp. It was not determined what caused the loss of power to the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2833H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3458
- Engine
- Continental C75-12, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- No. Jersey Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1986 · 1,094 hours before
- Airport
- N72 · Warwick, runway 21, 2,150 × 25 ft, macadam
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 805 total · 800 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
Other investigations on N2833H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.