# Incident 19990301016629I: Univar 415C, Carrington, ND, March 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1999, 08:00 local time
- Place: Carrington, ND
- Airport: Carrington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4511° N, 99.1513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARRINGTON MUNI (46D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4511&lon=-99.1513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99349, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99349-2000-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Forney 415-C (registry code 0420332, https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 29 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990301016629I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON MARCH 1, 1999, AT 0800 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), AN ERCOUPE 415C, N99349, OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT, WAS DEMOLISHED DURING A GROUND TEST RUN OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT POWER AND MAGNETOS WERE TURNED ON AND AFTER TWO ROTATIONS OF THE PROP, SMOKE AND FIRE DEVELOPED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14CFR PART 91 WITH NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA, AT 0800 CDT.

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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