# Accident 20090411010699A: Univar 415C, Sandwich, IL, April 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2009, 13:49 local time
- Place: Sandwich, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6450° N, 88.6517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6450&lon=-88.6517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87384, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87384-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-C (registry code 0420302, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 415C
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090411010699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPART WOODLAKE AIRPORT AT SANDWICH, IL APPROXIMATELY 1335 ON APRIL 11, 2009 WITH ONE PASSENGER.  AT 1349, NUMEROUS WITNESS HEARD AND SAW AN AIRPLANE CONTACTING TOP BRANCHES OF SEVERAL TREES.  MOMENTS AFTERWARD AIRPLANE MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING CONTACTED AN OPEN FARM FIELD AND BURST INTO FLAMES.  PILOT ANS PASSENGER WERE FATAL.  PILOT WAS LISTED AS A SPORT PILOT, UNKNOWN FLIGHT HOURS.  FAMILY MEMBER STATED HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 300-400 HOURS TOTAL TIME.

## 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 CEN09FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA243), Apr 11, 2009: Engineering and Research 415C (N87384), Sandwich, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to execute an immediate forced landing to a suitable field and the engine's partial loss of power for an undetermined reason.

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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