- Date
- January 5, 1964
- Place
- Alexandria, VA · ALEXANDRIA, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2238HErcoupe 415C
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0035 64/1/5 ALEXANDRIA VA ERCOUPE 415C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 54 TOTAL TIME - 2000 N2238H PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2238H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Washington Va
N2238HRegistration cancelled Jan 14, 1964 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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