- Date
- January 14, 1992, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hansville, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86964Ercoupe 415-C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920114000589A
- Case key
- 41627
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Probable cause
The inadequate preflight preparation and improper inflight decision by the student pilot who was not qualified to conduct the flight. A factor relating to the accident was the adverse weather conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot took off on a VFR x country flt with no wx briefing and flew an area of adverse wx conditions. He did not have an instructor endorsement for the flt. The acft failed to arrive at the destination and a search was initiated. The pilot and acft left main landing gear were located on a beach along the route of flight. The acft wreckage was not recovered from the waters of puget sound.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86964
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 137
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William N. Hall
- Registered owner
- William N. Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1991
- Departed
- S13 · Alderwood Manor, WA
- Destination
- WN41 · Sequim, WA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.