# Accident 19800205001629A: Univar 1082, Borrego, CA, February 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1980, 07:30 local time
- Place: Borrego, CA
- Airport: Borrego Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2212° N, 116.3342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Borrego, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2212&lon=-116.3342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9698K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9698K-1980-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,778 total, 28 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUM10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800205001629A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. CRASH LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. FOUND BROKEN PISTON.

## 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 LAX80DUM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUM10), Feb 5, 1980: Stinson 108-2 (N9698K), Borrego Sprngs, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N9698K (1)

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

- [Accident 19760313006959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760313006959A), Mar 13, 1976: Univar 1082 (N9698K), Bryce Canyon, UT, Substantial damage. Gusting to 20K.

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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