# Accident 19730714027849A: Navion NAVIOND, Henderson, KY, July 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1973
- Place: Henderson, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.8376° N, 87.5797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Henderson, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8376&lon=-87.5797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8620H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8620H-1973-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIOND
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730714027849A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TSTM. BOTH WGS SEPARATED IN FLT.

## 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 IAD74AI004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI004), Jul 14, 1973: Navion A (N8620H), Henderson, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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