- Date
- September 19, 1969
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94408Erco 415G
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156823
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3964 69/9/19 LONE PINE,CALIF ERCO 415G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 120 TIME - 1700 N94408 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONE PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TORRANCE,CALIF RENO,NEV LONE PINE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND 25K GUSTING 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94408
- Reported as
- Erco 415G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lone Pine
N94408Registration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Ercoupe GAirframe modelErcoupe GEngine modelContinental C90 series
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