CHI84LA206
1984-05-27 · STURTEVANT, Wisconsin, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport C89
Current FAA registration · N93939
- Make / Model
- ENGINEERING & RESEARCH ERCOUPE 415-C
- Year of manufacture
- 1946 · 38 years old at event
- Engine
- CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 2 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19870805
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S AD09FB
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE WAS MAKING A HI SPEED TAXI CHECK WHEN THE ACFT LIFTED OFF TO ABOUT 5 FT AGL. AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE ACFT BEGAN TO GO TO THE LEFT. WHEN THE PLT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER, THE PLANE VEERED FURTHER LEFT & CRASHED IN AN ONION FIELD. AN EXAM OF THE FLT CONTROLS REVEALED THAT THE RUDDER CONTROL CABLES HAD BEEN CROSS RIGGED AFTER THEY HAD BEEN REMOVED & REINSTALLED DURING MAINTENANCE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1984_CHI84LA206.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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