# Accident 19930208001869A: Univar F1, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, February 8, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1993, 11:06 local time
- Place: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4375° N, 67.1543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aguadilla, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4375&lon=-67.1543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7555C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7555C-1993-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Forney F-1 (registry code 0420202, https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-f-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR F1
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930208001869A

## Narrative

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

WINGS FOLDED IN FLIGHT DUE OVERSTRESS. WITNESS REPORT INDICATES PULLUP FROM A DIVE WINGS FOLDED. PASSENGER PILOT.

## 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 MIA93FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA065), Feb 8, 1993: Forney Ercoupe F-1 (N7555C), Aguadilla, PR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: EXCESSIVE ELEVATOR CONTROL INPUT BY AN UNKNOWN OCCUPANT AT AN AIRSPEED ABOVE MANEUVERING SPEED WHICH CAUSED BOTH FORWARD WING SPARS TO FAIL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO…

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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