# Incident 20000216000859I: Univar 415C, Kissimmee, FL, February 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2000, 14:20 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3062° N, 81.4135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kissimmee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3062&lon=-81.4135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93783, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93783-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (registry code 0420312, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000216000859I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2000, AN ENGINEERING & RESEARCH (AIRCOUPE) AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER HAVING EXAUSTED ITS FUEL SUPPLY DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE QUICK DRAIN PLUG IN THE GASCOLATOR. THE NOSE TANK WAS EMPTY AND BOTH WING TANKS HAD FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A CURRENT AND QUALIFIED PRIVATE PILOT WHILE ON A CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N93783 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070831823939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070831823939A), Aug 31, 2007: Univar 415C (N93783), Middletown, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 31, 2007, at 1230 EDT, a Ercoupe 415-C, N93783, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] made a hard landing on the nose gear at…

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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