- Date
- March 13, 1976
- Place
- Crescent Vly, NV · CRESCENT VLY, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3540HErco 415-CD
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760313005929A
- Case key
- 152944
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0780 76/3/13 CRESCENT VLY,NV ERCO 415-CD CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 799 TIME - 1430 N3540H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRESCENT VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESCENT VLY,NV UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SEVERE DOWNDRAFT & FORCED INTO GRND. DENSITY ALT ABT 4500FT. PWR LINES & HOUSES IN PATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3540H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crescent Valley
N3540HRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2018 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CDAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CDEngine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N3540H · 1
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