# Incident 20000703033839I: Univar 415C, New Burg, WV, July 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2000, 12:25 local time
- Place: New Burg, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3889° N, 79.8536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3889&lon=-79.8536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2072H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2072H-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (registry code 0420312, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-ercoupe-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000703033839I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR COWLING AND PROP WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING BECAUSE OR REDUCED VISIBILITY AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS VFR QUALIFIED ONLY. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING SITE HE HAD CHOSEN (AN OLD STRIP MINING AREA) HAD AMPLE LANDING SPACE BUT THE RAIN ON THE WING SCREEN DISTORTED HIS FOWARD VISIBILITY AND HE OVER SHOT PART OF THE LANDING AREA.  THE AREA IN WHICH HE LANDED WAS ROUGHER THAN HE EXPECTED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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