# Accident 19750809029789A: Univar A2ALON, Logansport, IN, August 9, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1975
- Place: Logansport, IN
- Airport: Williamson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.7481° N, 86.3547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logansport, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7481&lon=-86.3547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5491E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5491E-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alon A2 (registry code 0540102, https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR A2ALON
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 12 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DET10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750809029789A

## Narrative

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

DRG T/D ENCTRD WIND GUST.

## 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 CHI76DET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DET10), Aug 9, 1975: Alon A2 (N5491E), Logansport, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5491E (1)

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

- [Accident 19850505016839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850505016839A), May 5, 1985: Univar A2ALON (N5491E), Bunkie, LA, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed after pilot reportedly lost aileron and elevator control. Some control parts not found in wreckage

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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