# Incident 19970721045349I: Univar 415C, Sallisaw, OK, July 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sallisaw, OK
- Airport: Sallisaw Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4382° N, 94.8029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALLISAW MUNI (JSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4382&lon=-94.8029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99969, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99969) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 201 total, 120 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/19970721045349I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON JULY 21, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830, AN ERCOUPE 415C, N99969, THE PILOT, MRS. LARRY THOMASON, AND A PASSENGER WERE RETURNING TO SALLISAW AIRPORT FROM LAKE TENKILLER WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD AND DURING ROLLOUT, IT CROSSED AN EROSION DRAIN DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AND SKIDDED ON ITS SIDE. THE NOSE GEAR, ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR WERE BENT. THE HEADER TANK WAS EMPTY, BUT THE TWO WING TANKS WERE MORE THAN HALF FULL. THE FUEL PUMP FILTER WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED WITH DIRT, PREVENTING THE PUMP FROM PUMPING FUEL TO THE HEADER TANK. MR. THOMASON SAID HE OBSERVED THE HEAD INDICATOR WAS LOW, BUT THOUGHT HE SAW IT BOBBING, AND THOUGHT THERE WAS FUEL IN THE HEADER TANK UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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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