- Date
- October 30, 1971
- Place
- Morgan Hill, CA · MORGAN HILL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2861HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3919 71/10/30 MORGAN HILL,CALIF ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 353 TIME - 0800 N2861H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGAN HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN HILL,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2861H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morgan Hill
N2861HRegistration cancelled Dec 6, 1971 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C
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