# Accident 19740515016579A: Navion NAVIOND, West Mifflin, PA, May 15, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1974
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96Q-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION D (registry code 6150114, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIOND
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 600 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FGM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740515016579A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WHEEL INBOARD FLANGE SEPARATED INFLIGHT,VIBRATION ON LDG,GO-AROUND.NEXT LDG HARD.

## 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 NYC74FGM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FGM30), May 15, 1974: Navion D (N96Q), West Mifflin, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N96Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19951205039989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951205039989A), Dec 5, 1995: Tmpson NAVIOND (N96Q), Canton, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Advised IFR for route. Went anyway. Saw circling low. Impacted a mile away. Pilot had reckless attitude.

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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