- Date
- July 23, 1964
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94866Ercoupe 415E
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2185 64/7/23 MIDDLETOWN DEL ERCOUPE 415E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N94866 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94866
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bakers
N94866Registration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Ercoupe EAirframe modelErcoupe EEngine modelContinental C85 series
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