- Date
- February 18, 1979
- Place
- Auburn, WA · AUBURN, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3276HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790218003189A
- Case key
- 137884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0296 79/2/18 AUBURN,WA ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 200 TIME - 1730 N3276H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CONT TO BASE & LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3276H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Auburn
N3276HRegistered now · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-CEngine modelContinental C85 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.