# Accident 19730616016909A: Univar 415C, Cottonwood, AZ, June 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1973
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 34.7301° N, 112.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTONWOOD (P52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7301&lon=-112.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87311, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87311-1973-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUJ91) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730616016909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT CERT EXPIRED,NOT SOLO ENDORSED.SHUT ENG DOWN TWICE TO SOAR,COULDN'T RESTART.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX73DUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUJ91), Jun 16, 1973: Erco 415-C (N87311), Cottonwood, AZ, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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