# Accident 19730614016649A: Navion NAVION*, Independence, MO, June 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1973
- Place: Independence, MO
- Airport: Independence
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.0911° N, 94.4155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0911&lon=-94.4155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8698H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8698H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DCG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730614016649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DRIFTED R NOSE HI.PLT MANAGED TO GET ACFT BACK OVR RWY,WHEELS MADE CTC.

## 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 MKC73DCG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCG49), Jun 14, 1973: N.American Navion (N8698H), Independence, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8698H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20201011012069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201011012069A), Oct 11, 2020: North American NAVION (N8698H), Palmetto, FL, Destroyed. On October 11, 2020 at 1310 eastern time zone, a North American Navion, N8698H, registered to [privacy data omitted], departed runway 25 (grass runway) at 48X…

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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