# Accident 19961222039649A: Univar F1, Middleburg, FL, December 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1996, 06:08 local time
- Place: Middleburg, FL
- Airport: Spencers Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0493° N, 81.9000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0493&lon=-81.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7530C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7530C-1997-03-04) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 205 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961222039649A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED AT NIGHT IN LOW CEILING AND FOG VRR. CRASH SIGHT INDICATES CIRCLING TO RETURN. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 MIA97FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA043), Dec 22, 1996: Forney F-1 (N7530C), Middleburg, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: VFR flight by the noninstrument-rated pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in spatial disorientation and an uncontrolled descent into a wooded area. Factors relating…

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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