# Incident 19790624016339I: Univar 415D, Brookhaven, NY, June 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1979
- Place: Brookhaven, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7767° N, 72.9078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookhaven, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7767&lon=-72.9078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24AP-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-D (registry code 0420326, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790624016339I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RAN INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH DURING TAXI TO THE TIE DOWN AREA.

## Other reports on N24AP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810627041389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810627041389A), Jun 27, 1981: Univar 415D (N24AP), Matawan, NJ, Destroyed. Settled into trees on rising terrain off end of runway on takeoff. Hot day, downdraft, at gross weight.

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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