Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) ERCOUPE 415-C N3431H

Summary

On 14 August 1985 at about 21:45 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) ERCOUPE 415-C registered N3431H was involved in an accident near Del Mar, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1985 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Del Mar, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Unknown

Coordinates

42.6199, -73.8297

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) ERCOUPE 415-C

Registration

N3431H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Schenectady → South Bethlehem

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85LA211

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 PLT WAS REPOSITION THE ACFT AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW OWNER WHO WAS NOT A RATED PLT. WHILE CLIMBING THRU 2000 FT AGL THE PLT REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE GROWL AND FELT A LOSS OF POWER. DURING A PRECAUTIONARY DESCENT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED TWO SIEZED PISTONS AND HEAT DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. THE TWO REMAINING CYLINDERS THAT WERE NOT DAMAGED APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REPLACED WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LOGBOOK NOTATIONS. THE ACFT HAD BEEN PURCHASED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE SELLER REFUSED TO FLY THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.