# Accident 19780816023579A: Navion NAVIOND, Chowchilla, CA, August 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1978
- Place: Chowchilla, CA
- Airport: Chowchilla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 37.1133° N, 120.2470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHOWCHILLA (2O6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1133&lon=-120.2470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81K-1981-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIOND
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 503 total, 236 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVA74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780816023579A

## Narrative

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

HIT CRANE CABLE WHILE ON FINAL.

## 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 OAK78DVA74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA74), Aug 16, 1978: Navion A (N81K), Chowchilla, CA, 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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