# N4898K: 1949 Navion NAVION A, registration cancelled 2016-09-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 6, 2016
- Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice
- Airframe: [Navion NAVION A](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (registry code 6150104)
- Engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-782](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-782), [TCDS E-267](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-267) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: NAV-4-1898
- Year built: 1949
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: May 13, 1957
- Certificate issued: March 6, 1961
- Last registry action: May 18, 2010
- Mode S code: A60D82
- Owner when cancelled: [Letsom Roland Alfred](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LETSOM%20ROLAND%20ALFRED)
- Location: [Junctioncity, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Junctioncity)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 44.2109° N, 123.2793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97448, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4898K
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4898K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4898K-2016-09-06

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Navion NAVION A: https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 WPR09FA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA391), Aug 7, 2009: Navion Navion A (N4898K), Adrian, OR, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in an exceedence of the design stress limits of the aircraft and led to an…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20090807013169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090807013169A), Aug 7, 2009: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4898K), Nyssa, OR, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) The non instrument rated pilot and two passengers had departed jerome, Idaho and were en route to southern Washington state in maginal VFR weather…

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