# Incident 19970823036349I: Univar 415C, Beach City, OH, August 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Beach City, OH
- Airport: Beach City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6464° N, 81.5559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEACH CITY (2D7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6464&lon=-81.5559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99168, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99168-2018-01-10) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C7512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 700 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970823036349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED "SUNSET STRIP" A (PVT) AIRPORT LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES N.W. OF ALLIANCE, OHIO. HE DEPARTED ABOUT 13:40(LOCAL) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT, RETURNING TO "SUNSET" AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 1500 AGL. THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BELIEVED IT TO BE CARB ICE. HE APPLIED CARB HEAT AND MOMENTARILY IT APPEARED TO IMPROVE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO CLATTER AND POWER CONTINUED TO FAIL. HE TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF BARBER AIRPORT (2D1)AND ROLLED OUT. THE ENGINE AT THE TIME HAD STOPPED. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED AND WAS NEARLY TO A STOP CONTACT WITH THE NOSE HIT A SMALL DITCH, WHICH COULD NOT BE SEEN. IT TORE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. STRIKING SOME BUSHES. THE FLIGHT ENDED ABOUT 14:30. INSPECTION REVEALED #1 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED.

## Other reports on N99168 (1)

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

- [Accident 20111119027539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111119027539A), Nov 19, 2011: Ercoupe 415-C (N99168), Mulberry, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft N99168 arrived at south lakeland airport to attend an aea meeting and after the meeting they were going to fly to albert whitted airport - kspg for…

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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