- Date
- December 5, 1965
- Place
- Stafford, KS · STAFFORD, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99578Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3927 65/12/5 STAFFORD KANS ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 57, 110 TIME - 1430 N99578 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAFFORD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- STEERING ROD ATTACH LUG OF STEERING COLLAR P/N 415-32321 ON NOSE GEAR FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99578
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stafford
N99578Registration cancelled Jun 30, 2017 · Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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