# Accident 19740901028459A: Navion NAVION*, Stratford, TX, September 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1974
- Place: Stratford, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 36.3376° N, 102.0760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stratford, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3376&lon=-102.0760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91533, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91533) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 650 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DQG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DQG20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740901028459A

## Narrative

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

TKOF FROM DIRT ROAD.R WING TIP HIT GROUND OBSERVER.PRIOR FORCED LDG.

## 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 FTW75DQG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DQG20), Sep 1, 1974: Navtion A (N91533), Stratford, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N91533 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810511039899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810511039899I), May 11, 1981: Navion NAVION* (N91533), Winslow, AZ. Za forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. Found defective gascolator which leaked fuel overboard. No damage.

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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