# Accident 19760419009879A: Navion NAVION*, Defiance, MO, April 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1976
- Place: Defiance, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Loui
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 38.6328° N, 90.7846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Defiance, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6328&lon=-90.7846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8505H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8505H-2012-09-10) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 551 total, 453 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FCA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760419009879A

## Narrative

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

FSS ADZD MRGL VFR CONDS FCSTD.CONTD VFR-ON-TOP.TOLD ATC INST QUALIFIED,MADE ILS APCH.

## 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 MKC76FCA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCA23), Apr 19, 1976: Navion B (N8505H), Defiance, MO, substantial 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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