Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C N3258H

Summary

On 6 April 1987 at about 00:00 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C registered N3258H, operated by Jolly Dawson, was involved in an accident near Scott Mills, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 April 1987 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Scott Mills, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Gaub's Field

Coordinates

44.9506, -122.7099

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C

Registration

N3258H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jolly Dawson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Scott Mills → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA87LA077

1 person had minor injuries.

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

WITH A GUSTING CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT THE PILOT ALLOWED THE STUDENT PILOT TO MAKE THE TAKE OFF. THE STUDENT PILOT ROTATED PREMATURELY AND THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERCOCKED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT THEN TOOK THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT BY THEN IT WAS POINTED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WITH A FIFTY FOOT TREE STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE PILOT PULLED UP TO AVOID THE TREE AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN MUSHED ONTO THE GROUND WHERE IT IMPACTED A BARN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.