# Accident 19840527019269A: Univar 415C, Sturtevant, WI, May 27, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1984, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sturtevant, WI
- Airport: Sylvania
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7032° N, 87.9590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYLVANIA (C89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7032&lon=-87.9590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93939, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93939) (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 C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840527019269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO CORRECT DRIFT AFTER INADVERTENT TAKEOFF. LEFT RUNWAY, FLIPPED OVER. RUDDER CONTROLS WERE REVERSED.

## 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 CHI84LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA206), May 27, 1984: Ercoupe 415C (N93939), Sturtevant, WI, 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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