- Date
- June 18, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Steep Falls, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94037Ercoupe 415C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880618070279A
- Case key
- 36173
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Ercoupe 415C took off to practice touch and go's with a student pilot in the left seat and on the controls. In the right seat was a private pilot who was listed as a pilot rated passenger. Both occupants were co-owners of the aircraft. The student pilot flared high and made a hard landing on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94037
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1360
- Airframe hours
- 1,619
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce Patten/Mervyn Keller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1988 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- 63B · Linington, runway 11, 3,000 × 45 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 9 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.