Regarding the discussion of post crash fires and Ercoupes, I downloaded, from the NTSB site, all the crashes since 1983 of Ercoupes (several pages of them). You can read the details and conclusions of each crash. I printed out the details of all the fatal crashes. I don't recall reading of a predominance of post crash fires. I do recall one. Most of the crashes were clearly pilot error (such as continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions), the same kinds of errors made in other types of aircraft. And believe it or not, there were several crashes in which alcohol was a factor! One crash was from a failure of a previously repaired wing which seperated. Reading the reports did not leave me with the impression that the Ercoupe was particularly "fire-ry. " One impression it did leave me with is that most crashes were pilot error.
My reading of these reports was in no way "scientific" and you cannot draw anything in the way of conclusions from my amateur "research." Take them for what they are worth from one Coupe owner who wanted to know. In fact go the the NTSB site and search on Ercoupes and read the accident reports on Ercoupes to see if you can notice anything partiacular in the way of the Ercoupe crash causes or after crash characteristics that is predominant. Some of the more academic types may be able to compile some stats for us on crash reasons and what happened after the crashes. Skipper Barfield Ercoupe 99398 ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
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