# Accident 19791218034019A: Tmpson NAVIONH, Waycross, GA, December 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1979, 16:20 local time
- Place: Waycross, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2110° N, 82.3577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waycross, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2110&lon=-82.3577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2552T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2552T-1982-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION H (registry code 6150122, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,034 total, 2,034 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791218034019A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES HEARD & SAW AIRCRAFT FLYING LOW IN VICINITY. AIRCRAFT HIT WIRES OVER HIGHWAY. CRASHED INVERTED.

## 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 MIA80FLA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLA12), Dec 18, 1979: Navion H (N2552T), Waycross, GA, destroyed, 1 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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