# Accident 19800628028359A: Univar 415D, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, June 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1980, 20:06 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.2012° N, 67.1418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayagüez, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2012&lon=-67.1418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3808H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3808H-1981-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-CD (registry code 0420304, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-cd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 10 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800628028359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CALLED MAYDAY 35 MILES WEST OF PUERTO RICO. NO TRACE OF PERSONS OR AIRCRAFT FOUND.

## 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 MIA80DA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DA079), Jun 28, 1980: Erco 415-D (N3808H), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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