- Date
- March 9, 1974
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2243HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740309005499A
- Case key
- 186612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0424 74/3/9 VANCOUVER,WASH ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 109 TIME - 1145 N2243H PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EVERGREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- FAILURE OF MASTER LINK CHAIN ASSEMBLY P/N 415-52107 CAUSE LOSS OF AILERON AND RUDDER CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2243H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Evergreen
N2243HRegistration cancelled May 7, 1975 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2243H · 1
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