# Incident 19980820027339I: Univar 415C, Fayetteville, OH, August 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1998, 18:20 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1854° N, 83.9320° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1854&lon=-83.9320&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37129, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37129) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-C (registry code 0420302, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980820027339I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AT 3500 FT. ON CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, ENGINE STARTED TO GET ROUGH. PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FARM FIELD, UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT HIT HIDDEN DITCH ON ROLL OUT AND DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. NOSE GEAR, PROP, COWLING AND FIREWALL WERE DAMAGED FROM HITTING DITCH. ENGINE APPEARS TO HAVE INTERNAL DAMAGE IN FLIGHT. MINOR INJURY TO PILOT. AIRCRAFT HAD SUFFICIENT OIL NAD GAS. OWNER WILL FILE M&D REPORT AFTER ENGINE TEAR DOWN.'

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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