# Accident 20060307002889A: Univar E, Wetumpka, AL, March 7, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Wetumpka, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5242° N, 86.3236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5242&lon=-86.3236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94840, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94840-2006-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe E (registry code 0420504, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR E
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,840 total, 293 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060307002889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN POWER THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A KNOWN OPEN FIELD. UPON LANDING ROLL THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND COME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT ALONG WITH HIS PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.

## 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 ATL06LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA049), Mar 8, 2006: Ercoupe E (N94840), Wetumpka, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 2 exhaust, and intake valves for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a loss of engine power during cruise flight and damage to the airplane during the subsequent forced…

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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