# Accident 20000709043509A: Univar F1, Alleghenytwnshp, PA, July 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2000, 18:24 local time
- Place: Alleghenytwnshp, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6294° N, 79.5994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6294&lon=-79.5994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7518C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7518C-2011-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Forney F-1 (registry code 0420202, https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-f-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR F1
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 174 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000709043509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 2000, A FORNEY ERCOUPE, N7518C MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD AFTER EXPERIENCING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN STEERED INTO A CORN FIELD TO SLOW IT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO FURTHER INCIDENT WITH THIS AIRCRAFT.

## 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 NYC00LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA185), Jul 9, 2000: Ercoupe Forney F-1 (N7518C), Leechburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A severed oil pressure line, which resulted in an off airport landing.

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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