# Accident 19761003039879A: Navion NAVION*, St. James, MI, October 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1976
- Place: St. James, MI
- Airport: Beaver Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 45.6922° N, 85.5666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER ISLAND (SJX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6922&lon=-85.5666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4491K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4491K-1977-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,845 total, 1,010 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761003039879A

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT APCH,GR DOWN DRG GO-AROUND.

## 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 CHI77FEM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM04), Oct 3, 1976: Navion A (N4491K), St. James, MI, destroyed

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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