# Accident 20031009029169A: Univar 415D, Harvard, IL, October 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2003, 19:45 local time
- Place: Harvard, IL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4042° N, 88.6336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4042&lon=-88.6336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3848H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3848H-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-D (registry code 0420326, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 63 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031009029169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT NIGHT AT AN UNLIGHTED, PRIVATELY-OWNED LANDING AREA. HE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON A SATISFACTORY APPROACH ANGLE UNTIL THE TIME HE HEARD THE AIRPLANE IMPACTING CORN PLANTS A FEW HUNDRED FEET SHORT OF THE INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT.

## 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 CHI04LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA008), Oct 10, 2003: Ercoupe 415-D (N3848H), Harvard, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged his altitude and distance from the approach end of the airstrip, along with his decision to land at an unlit airstrip at night. Factors involved in the accident were the the night…

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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