# Accident 19820726031479A: Univar 415C, Port Sheldon Tw, MI, July 26, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1982, 10:43 local time
- Place: Port Sheldon Tw, MI
- Airport: Park Township
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7959° N, 86.1620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Park Township Airport (KHLM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7959&lon=-86.1620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3247H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3247H-1982-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-C (registry code 0420322, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 267 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820726031479A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED VFR INTO FOG BANK. BECAME DISORIENTED DURING A 180 DEGREE TURN AND CRASHED INTO LAKE NEAR SHORE.

## 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 CHI82DA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA275), Jul 26, 1982: Ercoupe 415C (N3247H), Port Sheldon Tw, MI, destroyed

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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