# Accident 19990320046949A: Univar 415E, Kingman, AZ, March 20, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1999, 09:25 local time
- Place: Kingman, AZ
- Airport: Kingman Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2400° N, 113.7610° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2400&lon=-113.7610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94818, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94818-2000-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-E (registry code 0420328, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320046949A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MARCH 20, 1999 AT 0925 (AZ TIME) AIRCRAFT N94818, ERCOUPE MODEL 415E, SERIAL NO. 4932 CRASHED AT APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN AIRPORT AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE AIRPORT. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF EXPLOSION OR INFLIGHT FIRE PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT IMAPCTING THE GROUND.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKE HAVASU, AZ.  THE WEATHER REPORTED AT THAT TIME WERE GUSTY WINDS AND TURBULENCE.

## 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 LAX99FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA128), Mar 20, 1999: Ercoupe 415E (N94818), Kingman, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight loss of airplane control due to rear wing spar attachment fitting failure. The failure resulted from severe corrosion that was undetected during performance of an inspection specified…

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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