# NTSB SEA68F0012: Ercoupe 415-C, N99793, Cottage Grve, OR, May 24, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 24, 1967
- Place: Cottage Grve, OR · COTTAGE GRVE, OR
- Location: 43.7959° N, 123.0572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottage Grove, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7959&lon=-123.0572&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68F0012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68F0012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0384  67/5/24    COTTAGE GRVE,OREG   ERCOUPE 415-C       CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 333
        TIME - 1940                    N99793              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 254 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTAGE GROVE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
        REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED TO RT OF RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N99793 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ERCOUPE 415-C
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Cottage Grove

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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