# Accident 19960825025809A: Univar 415C, Wausau, WI, August 25, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wausau, WI
- Airport: Wausau Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0193° N, 89.5303° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0193&lon=-89.5303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94196, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94196) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-D (registry code 0420316, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-ercoupe-415-d) (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 C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,094 total, 1,084 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960825025809A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DITCH THAT EXTENDED INTO THE RUNWAY. (-23) SEE NARRATIVE #CHI96LA337                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (.4)THE PILOT LANDED AT A PRIVATE TURF AIRSTRIP, WHICH WAS 1,800 FEET LONG AND HAD A 'GENTLE RAVINE' CROSSING PERPENDICULAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRIP. DURING THE LANDING, THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE REACHING THE RAVINE, SO HE ADDED POWER TO 'FLOAT' OVER THE RAVINE. HE THEN COMPLETED A SUCCESSFULL LANDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAVINE. LATER, HE TOOK OFF ON A SECOND FLIGHT TO FLY LOCALLY. DURING THE SECOND LANDING, THE PILOT AGAIN WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE REACHING THE RAVINE. AGAIN, HE APPLIED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLY OVER THE RAVINE. HOWEVER, THIS TIME, HE DID NOT GET SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO BECOME AIRBORNE, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED AS IT CROSSED THE RAVINE.

## 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 CHI96LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA337), Aug 25, 1996: Ercoupe 415-C (N94196), Wausau, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, and his misjudgment of distance and speed, while attempting to minimize the effect of crossing an uneven area on the runway. The uneven runway…

## Other reports on N94196 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790930049389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930049389I), Sep 30, 1979: Univar 415C (N94196), Mosinee, WI, Minor damage. Pilot struck powerline during demonstration of a forced landing.

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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