# Accident 19780308003999A: Navion NAVIOND, Huntsville, TX, March 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1978
- Place: Huntsville, TX
- Airport: Huntsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 30.7469° N, 95.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTSVILLE MUNI (UTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7469&lon=-95.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5150K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5150K-1982-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION B (registry code 6150112, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIOND
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 810 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780308003999A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW78FRA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRA12), Mar 8, 1978: Navion B (N5150K), Huntsville, TX, 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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