- Date
- July 18, 1975
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2891HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750718024079A
- Case key
- 149431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1913 75/7/18 REDDING,CA ERCO 415-C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 57, TIME - 2025 N2891H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 190 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDDING SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKDALE,CA REDDING,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- HIT TREE 150FT SHORT OF RWY & 120FT TO R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2891H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Redding Sky Ranch
N2891HRegistration cancelled Sep 19, 1975 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.