# Incident 19891015059559I: Univar 415C, East Lansing, MI, October 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: East Lansing, MI
- Airport: Davis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9979° N, 84.4764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVIS FLD (79MI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9979&lon=-84.4764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3259H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3259H) (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: 6 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891015059559I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING ON AN UNAUTHORIZED SOLO FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N3259H (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020907029139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020907029139I), Sep 7, 2002: Univar 415C (N3259H), Milan, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed runway 18 long and fast. In attempt to stop aircraft before the end of the runway, he went off the left side of the runway into a corn…
- [Incident 19780305016309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780305016309I), Mar 5, 1978: Univar 415C (N3259H), Charlotte, MI, Minor damage. Pilot was low on the approach and hit two snowbanks at the approach end of the runway.

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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