# NTSB NYC87LA116: Ercoupe 415D, N2833H, Warwick, NY, April 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1987, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Warwick, NY
- Coordinates: 41.250011, -74.349067 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2500&lon=-74.3491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA116

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, approach
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Overrun, landing
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2833H-2012-09-24), registration cancelled 2012-09-24, S/N 3458, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415D
- Registry model: [Ercoupe 415-CD](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-cd) (registry code 0420324) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3458
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 78; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC66F0380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0380), Dec 7, 1965: Ercoupe 415-CD (N2833H), So Plainfield, NJ, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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