# Incident 19791029053379I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Grand Rapids, MI, October 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1979, 18:10 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent Co International
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4943K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4943K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 500 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/19791029053379I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE OIL PUMPED OVERBOARD DUE TO RUPTURED PROP DIAPHRAGM PN B-119.

## Other reports on N4943K (1)

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

- [Accident 20120609010489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120609010489A), Jun 9, 2012: Navion NAVION A (N4943K), Rockville, IN, Substantial damage. The runway at Butler Airport (IN46), Rockville, IN, is a grass runway identified as being 2100 feet long and oriented magnetically as runways 9/27, with a…

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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