Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415C N2865H

Summary

On 22 September 1983 at about 12:15 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415C registered N2865H was involved in an accident near Hesperia, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 September 1983 at 12:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hesperia, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hesperia Air Lodge (L26)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415C

Registration

N2865H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX83FUG23

Nobody was injured.

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS DEPARTING THE APT, USING THE TWO PRECEDING ACFT AS REFERENCED, AS HIS ACFT HAD NO TAXI OR LANDING LIGHTS. HIS ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE ACFT AHEAD, CAUSING THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL. THE ACFT STRUCK A BUSH APRX 100 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE, SPUN 360 DEGREES AND LANDED FLAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.