Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C N3064H

Summary

On 27 August 1985 at about 22:40 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C registered N3064H was involved in an accident near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 1985 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Deitch

Coordinates

40.4292, -77.4208

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C

Registration

N3064H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carliisle → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85FA222

1 person died.

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

DURING THE SECOND TAKEOFF ATTEMPT FROM A PVT GRASS STRIP WITNESSES HEARD THE ENG SPUTTER THEN QUIT SOON AFTER LIFTOFF. THE ACFT THEN DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT AND BURNED. THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN ADN WAS KEPT OUT OF DOORS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WHILE THE FABRIC WINGS WERE REFINISHED. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLT OF THE ACFT SINCE THE REFINISHING WAS COMPLETED. INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF WATER AND SLUDGE THROUGHOUT THE ACFT FUEL SYSTEM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.