- Date
- March 5, 1971
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3270HErco 415-CD
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0812 71/3/5 RENO,NEV ERCO 415-CD CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N3270H PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 24, 2135 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SALT LAKE CITY,UT AUBURN,CALIF ELKO,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: PUMP-PRESSURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL PUMP FAILED. PLT UN STOP ACFT DUE SNOW,SLID INTO FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3270H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reno Muni
N3270HRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CDAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CDEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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