Accident ERCO Ercoupe 415-E N94784, Friday 17 July 1953
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Date:Friday 17 July 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ERCO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
ERCO Ercoupe 415-E
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N94784
MSN: 4895
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near East Gadsden, AL -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Winston-Salem, NC
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit power lines while flying low, crashed and caught fire.

Sources:

https://books.google.nl/books?id=mIQtAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Plane+crash&article_id=1353,6036694&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi649y4yd2PAxUi8bsIHRodLLY4oAEQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=Plane%20crash&f=false

Revision history:

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16-Sep-2025 16:18 Cobar Added

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