# Accident 19980505008449A: Univar 415C, Olustee, OK, May 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1998, 20:35 local time
- Place: Olustee, OK
- Airport: Olustee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5401° N, 99.4191° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5401&lon=-99.4191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87125, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87125-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-C (registry code 0420302, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980505008449A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL MANEUVERING IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. HAD PASSENGER ON BOARD.(.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WITH A PASSENGER ONBOARD, HAD COMPLETED 2 OR 3 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 35. DURING THE FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, WHILE TURNING LEFT CROSSWIND, THE AIRCRAFT `SHUDDERED' AND ENTERED WHAT THE PILOT BELIEVED WAS A `SLIP STALL.' HE `VAGUELY' REMEMEBERED STRUGGLING TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE STALL AND SEEING THE END OF THE RUNWAY OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER THINKING `WE HAVE GOT TO GET BACK OVER THERE.' SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS ORIENTED ON A MAGNETIC HEADING OF 130 DEGREES, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 320 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 35. NO STRUCTURAL OR MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED DURING AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO THE FAA SOUTHWEST REGION FLIGHT SURGEON, THE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.044% DETECTED AT THE HOSPITAL AND THE 0.029% DETECTED AT THE CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INSTITUTE (CAMI) `MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE PILOT'S PERFORMANCE, BUT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IMPAIRED.' (-23) THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL A                                                         ND WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING AEROBATIC TYPE MANUEVERS. THE AIRCRAFT ACCOMPLISHED A TIGHT TURN AFTER TAKEOFF AND WAS TOO LOW WITHOUT ENOUGH AIRSPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 FTW98FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA203), May 6, 1998: Ercoupe 415-C (N87125), Olustee, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper decision to attempt an 180 degree turn to return to the takeoff runway.

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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