# Accident 19761024037569A: Univar 415C, E.Syracuse, IN, October 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1976
- Place: E.Syracuse, IN
- Airport: Wawasee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.4189° N, 85.6917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAWASEE (4IN9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4189&lon=-85.6917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87105, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87105-1977-07-18) (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: 1,119 total, 257 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FET02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FET02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761024037569A

## Narrative

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

FSS ADVISED VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED. ATTEMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI77FET02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FET02), Oct 24, 1976: Erco 415-C (N87105), E.Syracuse, IN, 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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