Ercoupe 415-C N99576

Summary

On 16 December 2011 at about 22:15 local time, a Ercoupe 415-C registered N99576, operated by Loumakis Kyriakos J, was involved in an accident near Panacea, Florida, 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

16 December 2011 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Panacea, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Wakulla County Airport (2J0)

Coordinates

29.9894, -84.3906

Aircraft

Ercoupe 415-C

Registration

N99576

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Loumakis Kyriakos J

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chamblee → Panacea

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA111

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was on the final approach leg of the traffic pattern at 80 mph. During the landing roll on the 2,590-foot, turf runway, the pilot applied the brakes, but the airplane continued off the end of the runway, impacted a fence, and came to rest in a nose-low position, sustaining substantial damage to the wing spars. Examination of the wreckage, which included an operational check of the wheel braking system, revealed no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. According to the Ercoupe Instruction Manual, the recommended landing approach airspeed was "between 60 and 70 mph." The instruction manual also indicated that landing the airplane at a higher airspeed and applying the brakes "will require decidedly less overall distance than it would if the airplane were held off the ground until minimum speed had been reached." A published landing distance table for the airplane indicated that, with an approach speed of 75 mph, the landing distance over a 50-foot obstruction on a paved runway would be about 1,800 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.