Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-D N3815H

Summary

On 20 September 1987 at about 21:20 local time, a Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-D registered N3815H was involved in an accident near Jackson, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 September 1987 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

30.8293, -91.2107

Aircraft

Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-D

Registration

N3815H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baton Rouge → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW87FA222

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

JUST PRIOR TO THE ACDNT, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING AT LOW ALT OVER A CREEK. THEY RPRTD THE ACFT WENT INTO A STEEP CLIMBING LEFT TURN FROM ABOUT 40 TO 75 FT AGL, THEN IT ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT & CRASHED IN THE CREEK. NO ENG PROBLEMS OR CHANGES IN THE ENG SOUND WERE NOTED BEFORE IMPACT & NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.