# Accident 19970802020439A: Univar 415C, Harrison, AR, August 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1997, 20:20 local time
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Airport: Boone County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2407° N, 93.1099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2407&lon=-93.1099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2899H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C758
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 12 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970802020439A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. DAMAGE ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL. FOLDED NOSE GEAR WING AND TAIL DAMAGE LANDING. (-23) ON AUGUST 01, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 20:15 CDST, AN ERCOUPE N2899H, OWNED AND OPERATED BY WILBER WAYNE ANDERSON, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE 430744574 WITH AN ASEL RATING OF YALEVILLE AR. WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE LONE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOSING POWER, AFTER LIFT OFF, WHILE PERFORMING LOCAL FLIGHTS. THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 OPERATION AND THE PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE LONE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT HAS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND THE FLIGHT INITIATED AT HARRISON AR. BOON COUNTY AIRPORT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE ENGINE MOUNT BEING BENT AND DISTORTED, THE FIREWALL BENT AND BUCKLED, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AFT UNDER THE FUSELAGE, THE CANOPY DESTROYED, THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS BENT AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY INSPECTOR MILLISER. THE AIRCRAFT HAS B                                             EEN RELEASED TO THE OWNER AND INSTRUCTED TO PRESERVE THE TOTAL AIRCRAFT UNTIL A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 FTW97LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA296), Aug 2, 1997: Ercoupe Ercoupe 415-C (N2899H), Harrison, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the 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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