# Accident 19780804020929A: Navion NAVIONA, Wilmington, NC, August 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1978
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4527K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4527K-2013-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 68 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DLJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLJ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780804020929A

## Narrative

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

LDG ON RD.DRIFTING R,COMPENSATED WITH RUDDER,T/D OFF R SIDE OF RO

## 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 IAD78DLJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLJ19), Aug 4, 1978: Ryan Navion (N4527K), Wilmington, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4527K (1)

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

- [Accident 19990909044999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990909044999A), Sep 9, 1999: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4527K), Utica, NE, No damage. (-23) On September 9, 1999, at approx. 1735 CDT, a navion, N4527K, was west bound, at 2500 AGL, 2 miles south of the flying v airport, Utica, Nebraska. The…

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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