# Accident 19811221082499A: Univar 415C, Mt Ashland, OR, December 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1981, 18:23 local time
- Place: Mt Ashland, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N87307, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87307-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (registry code 0420312, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C7512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 475 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811221082499A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT FLEW INTO TREES IN RISING TERRAIN AT NIGHT IN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW. NO WEATHER CHECK REPORTED.

## 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 SEA82FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA013), Dec 21, 1981: Erco 415-C (N87307), Ashland, OR, destroyed, 1 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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