# Accident 20090219002349A: Univar 415E, Camas, WA, February 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2009, 13:45 local time
- Place: Camas, WA
- Airport: Grove Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6278° N, 122.4042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6278&lon=-122.4042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94805, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ercoupe 415-E (registry code 0420328, https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090219002349A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^), WITH SOLO AUTHORIZATION, WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT HIS HOME BASE FIELD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  PILOT REPORTED LIGHT HEADWIND BUT DID NOT HAVE A WEATHER REPORT AND WAS NOT INTENDING TO LEAVE THE AREA.  PILOT LANDED NEAR MIDFIELD AT 1000’ MARKER ON RUNWAY 25.  PILOT REPORTED 65/70 MPH ACROSS THRESHOLD, VASI WAS “PINK”.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS “ANTICIPATING OR STARTING TO FLARE” WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO AIR 3 TO 4 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED FOR A SHORT DISTANCE THEN THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRABBED SLIGHTLY LEFT, THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WHILE IN A SLIGHT LEFT CRAB.  THE SIDE LOADING ON THE NOSE GEAR WHILE LANDING, PUSHED LEFT SIDE ENGINE MOUNT ATTACH POINTS AFT, BENDING THE FIREWALL, THE LEFT FORWARD FUSELAGE SKIN AND STRINGERS FROM THE LOWER LEFT ENGINE MOUNT TO THE UPPER LEFT ENGINE MOUNT.  THE NOSE GEAR FORK IS BENT ALONG WITH NOSE GEAR AXLE AND NOSE GEAR WHEEL HALVES ARE DAMAGED.  THE PROPELLER DID NOT STRIKE THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR09CA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA126), Feb 19, 2009: Ercoupe 415-E (N94805), Camas, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced 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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