- Date
- June 26, 1964
- Place
- Mccredie Spgs, OR · MCCREDIE SPGS, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94430Ercoupe 415G
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0427 64/6/26 MCCREDIE SPGS ORE ERCOUPE 415G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 267 TIME - 0940 N94430 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 227 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94430
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N94430Registration cancelled Aug 4, 1964 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-DAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-D
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