- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Place
- King City, CA · KING CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99133Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781008029619A
- Case key
- 138946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2832 78/10/8 NR.KING CITY,CA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 116 TIME - 1745 N99133 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN LOUIS OBISPO,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT LDG IN VINEYARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99133
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- King City
N99133Registered now · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 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.