Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C N93848

Summary

On 18 September 1985 at about 23:56 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C registered N93848, operated by John R. Stauffer, was involved in an accident near Orchards, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 1985 at 23:56

Classification

Accident

Location

Orchards, Washington, United States

Coordinates

45.6808, -122.5710

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C

Registration

N93848

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John R. Stauffer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vancouver → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA85FA217

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

THE PVT PLT WAS OBSERVED EXECUTING A WINGS LEVEL PULL-UP FROM A DIVE DURING WHICH, THE WITNESS REPORTED, THE WING TIPS BEGAN FLUTTERING. IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, BOTH WINGS SEPARATED IN POSITIVE OVERLOAD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT AND WINDS WERE LIGHT WITH NO REPORTED TUBULENCE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PRE-EXISTING WEAKNESS IN THE SPAR STRUCTURE AT THE SEPARATION POINT. THE CONDITION NECESSITATING THE PLT'S PULL-UP MANEUVER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.