# Incident 19781026028449I: Tmpson NAVION/, Santee, CA, October 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Santee, CA
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8550° N, 116.9861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8550&lon=-116.9861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4096K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4096K-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVION/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 31 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781026028449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SMELLED FUEL, OBSERVED LEAK FROM BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL. LANDED AT ONCE. FUEL GAUGE LINE CORRODED.

## Other reports on N4096K (1)

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

- [Accident 19960627015169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960627015169A), Jun 27, 1996: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4096K), Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. Landed and left main gear collapsed, veered left and struck a tree. (-23) on June 26, 1996, at 1900 EST, a north American navion, N4096K, piloted by jules t.…

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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