- Date
- February 11, 1977
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N93359Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770211002319A
- Case key
- 156827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0170 77/2/11 MAMMOTH LAKES,CA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1976 TIME - 1540 N93359 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1750 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LAKES,CA MONTEREY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STICKING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93359
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
N93359Registration cancelled Mar 8, 2018 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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Other investigations on N93359 · 1
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