# Accident 19731107041649A: Navion NAVIONB, Columbus, OH, November 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1973
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5264K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5264K-1974-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION B (registry code 6150112, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 692 total, 94 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC040-201601) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731107041649A

## Narrative

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

WATER,RUST IN FUEL.HIT TREES 2500FT SHORT OF RWY.OVERFLEW NEW CLOSED HIWAY.

## 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 CHI74AC040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC040-201601), Nov 7, 1973: Navion B (N5264K), Columbus, OH, 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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