Ercoupe 415 CD N3067H
20 November 2017 · Aurora, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 November 2017 at about 19:30 local time, a Ercoupe 415 CD registered N3067H was involved in an accident near Aurora, Colorado, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.5658, -104.6578
- Aircraft
- Ercoupe 415 CD
- Registration
- N3067H
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1946
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Denver → Denver
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN18LA034
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the engine-driven fuel pump and the pilot's failure to identify the pump's failure, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and a forced landing on a road, during which the airplane hit obstacles.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While the commercial pilot was maneuvering the airplane during a local flight, the engine lost total power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine, and he made a forced landing to a nearby road. After landing, the pilot saw a car on the road and attempted to turn the airplane to the right; however, the airplane's right wing impacted a road sign and a barbed wire fence. Postaccident testing revealed that the engine-driven fuel pump was not functional; thus, the fuel contained in the main tanks could not be transferred to the header tank. Therefore, the loss of engine power was likely the result of fuel starvation after the available fuel in the header tank had been depleted. Although the airplane was equipped with a header tank fuel gauge, the pilot failed to identify that the fuel level in the header tank was decreasing prematurely.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Ercoupe 415 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2017 | Ercoupe 415 | Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 2017 | Ercoupe 415-C | Butterfield, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Feb 2017 | Ercoupe 415 | Dawsonville, Georgia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Oct 2016 | Ercoupe 415 | Lindenwold, New Jersey, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 2018 | Ercoupe 415 D | Monmouth, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 9 Aug 2016 | Ercoupe 415 | Eminence, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2017 | Nelson Sydney VANS ACFT RV8A | Englewood, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 2017 | Cirrus SR22 | Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 3 Aug 2017 | Beechcraft D17S | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 2017 | Piper PA 28R-200 | Centennial, Colorado, United States | Centennial Flyers | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Jan 2017 | Beechcraft C 99 | Durango, Colorado, United States | Alpine Air Inc | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 2017 | Cessna P210N | Eagle, Colorado, United States | Tridelaw Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |