# Incident 19990724026669I: Univar 415CD, Oconto, WI, July 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Oconto, WI
- Airport: Oconto Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8927° N, 87.8685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oconto, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8927&lon=-87.8685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3936H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3936H-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-CD (registry code 0420324, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-cd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415CD
- Reported engine: CONT C7512F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 21 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/19990724026669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ERCOUPE, N3936H SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING AND NOSE GEAR AS A RESULT OF A FORCED LANDING TWO MILES WEST OF THE OCONTO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OCONTO, WISCONSIN AT APPROX 1230 CDT ON JULY 24, 1999. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAN, JUSTIN RODELL AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  MR. RODELL REPORTED THAT HE HAD INITIALLY DEPARTED HARTFORD, WISCONSIN, LANDED AND WAUSAU, WISCONSIN AND THEN DEPARTED WAUSAU WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF OCONTO.  HE STATED THAT APPROX. EIGHT MILES WEST OF OCONTO, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1200 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE.  HE STATED HE REDUCED THE POWER FORM 2500 RMP TO 2000 RPM BUT THE VIBRATION CONTINUED.  MR. RODELL STATED HE MAINTAINED THE ALTITUDE AND THAT APPROX. TWO MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE QUIT.  HE STATED HE WAS TOO LOW TO MAKE THE AIRPORT SO HE LANDED IN A FIELD OF TALL GRASS.  INSPECTOR CHARLES EBERT OF THE MILWAUKEE FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED BACK TO ITS HOME BASE OF HARTFORD, WISCONSIN.  HE REPORTED THAT THE NUMBER 3 AND 4 CYLINDERS AND NO COMPRESSION AND THAT THE OIL SCREEN HAD A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF METAL.  ADDITIONALLY, A RECENT SOAP TEST INDICATED HIGHER THAN NORMAL  IRON OXIDE.

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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