Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) ERCOUPE 415-C N99739

Summary

On 7 July 1997 at about 15:00 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) ERCOUPE 415-C registered N99739 was involved in an accident near Huntsville, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 July 1997 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Huntsville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Huntsville Municipal (UTS)

Coordinates

30.7107, -95.5410

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) ERCOUPE 415-C

Registration

N99739

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW97LA266

Nobody was injured.

Inadvertent stall due to the student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and a proper descent rate. A factor was the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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During the final approach to the runway, the student pilot allowed the airspeed to become slow and corrected for the airspeed loss by adding power. Subsequently, the airplane hit the ground hard when the student reduced the power, pulled the nose up, and stalled the airplane at 10 ft AGL. The flight instructor did not execute corrective action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.