Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C N99096

Summary

On 29 October 1983 at about 17:26 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C registered N99096 was involved in an accident near Longview, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 October 1983 at 17:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Longview, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

East Side (33F)

Coordinates

32.5109, -94.7604

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-C

Registration

N99096

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

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA034

2 people died.

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

AS THE ACFT WAS FLYING TOWARD THE ARPT, ABOUT 1 MI AWAY, A WITNESS HEARD A LOUD POP OR BANG & THEN NO FURTHER ENG SOUND.THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB ABOVE SOME TALL TREES ABOUT 300 YDS FROM THE END OF THE RWY, BUT IMPACTED THE TOPS OF THE TREES. THE #1 CONROD HAD SEPARATED. ITS BEARING, THE END OF THE ROD & THE CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL REVEALED EVIDENCE OF EXTREME TEMPERATURE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A LACK OF LUBRICATION THROUGHOUT THE ENG. THE LUBRICATING OIL BLADDER WAS EMPTY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.