# Accident 19801214071469A: Univar 415C, Colorado Spring, CO, December 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Peterson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99445, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99445-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 90 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81DTE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTE11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801214071469A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE HAND-PROPPED. ENGINE STARTED, AIRPLANE RAN ACROSS RAMP INTO TAXIWAY LIGHT.

## 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 DEN81DTE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTE11), Dec 14, 1980: Erco 415-C (N99445), Colorado Spgs, CO, substantial damage

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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