# Accident 19970523011929A: Univar 415G, Colusa, IL, May 23, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Colusa, IL
- Airport: Douglas Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5620° N, 91.1036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5620&lon=-91.1036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94415, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94415) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-G (registry code 0420310, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,712 total, 2 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523011929A

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT ENGINE KNOCKING AND QUIT. NOSED OVER LANDING. INTAKE AND EXHAUST ROCKER ARMS SWITCHED. FRACTURED ARM. (-23) WHILE DEPARTING DOUGLAS AIRPORT, COLUSA, ILLINOIW, THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFIED STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET.  THE PILOTS REPORTED THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND NOISY.  AFTER APPLYING CARBURETOR HEAT, THE ENGINE QUIT.  A LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 18.  DURING THE LANDING IN THE SOFT FIELD, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE MUD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.  THE STUDENT PILOT WITH A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, DATED 11/3/95, WAS UNINJURED. THE INSTRUCTOR WITH A SECOND CLASS MEDICAL, DATED 8/20/96, RECEIVED A BLOODY NOSE.

## 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 CHI97LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA145), May 24, 1997: Ercoupe 415-G (N94415), Colusa, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: improper installation of the rocker arm assembly by maintenance personnel which led to the failure of the rocker arm. A factor was the soft terrain.

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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