# Accident 19740629023519A: Navion NAVION*, Pismo Beach, CA, June 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1974
- Place: Pismo Beach, CA
- Airport: Oceano County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.1015° N, 120.6223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEANO COUNTY (L52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1015&lon=-120.6223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8918H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8918H-1975-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 5,626 total, 24 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740629023519A

## Narrative

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

ARTIFICIAL HORIZON REMOVED,INST PANEL BEING REMODELED.CRASHED INTO OCEAN.MIL INST RATING.

## 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 LAX74AL088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL088), Jun 29, 1974: Navion A-1 (N8918H), Pismo Beach, CA, destroyed, 4 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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