# Accident 19791123041509A: Tmpson NAVIONA, Kent, WA, November 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1979, 13:34 local time
- Place: Kent, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3276° N, 122.2267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (S50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3276&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4804K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4804K-1982-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,967 total, 87 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791123041509A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE IN FLIGHT AND DIVED TO THE GROUND. POSSIBLE SPARK FROM TRANSPONDER ANTENNA AND FUEL LEAK.

## 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 SEA80FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA008), Nov 23, 1979: Navion A (N4804K), Kent, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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