Ercoupe 415-C N99409

27 March 1973 · Rosston, Arkansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 March 1973 at about 17:15 local time, a Ercoupe 415-C registered N99409 was involved in an accident during in flight near Rosston, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 March 1973 at 17:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Rosston, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Ercoupe 415-C
Registration: N99409
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Dequeen, Ark → Atlanta, Ga
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0549

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

R WING TANK FILLER HOLE HAD A METAL FRICTION TAPE CAN TAPED OVR IT. FUEL SYPHONED FM R TANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0549, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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