# Accident 19770211003019A: Navion NAVION/, Readstown, WI, February 11, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1977
- Place: Readstown, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.4487° N, 90.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Readstown, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4487&lon=-90.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91741, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91741-1977-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,650 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEP18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEP18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770211003019A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB AFTER T.O. ENGINE AND AIRFRAME DEMOLISHED IN CRASH AND FIRE.

## 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 CHI77FEP18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEP18), Feb 11, 1977: Navion L-17 (N91741), Readstown, WI, 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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