Ercoupe 415-C N99094

Summary

On 10 August 2013 at about 17:15 local time, a Ercoupe 415-C registered N99094 was involved in an accident near Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

10 August 2013 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Mackinac Island Airport (MCD)

Coordinates

45.8650, -84.6372

Aircraft

Ercoupe 415-C

Registration

N99094

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Escanaba → Mackinac Island

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13CA510

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while on final approach.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the cross-country flight was uneventful until the final approach portion of the landing to runway 27. She reported that the final approach was flown at the normal airspeed for the airplane. She said that the next thing she knew was that the airplane was on its nose and the left wing scraped the runway. The airplane then righted itself and skidded off the left side of the runway. The airplane incurred damage to the left wing spar. The pilot reported that the wind was from the west and that local pilots reported to her that wind from the west can create a swirl as it moves up the runway. The reported wind about the time of the accident was from 240 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.