# Accident 19800802031899A: Tmpson NAVIONA, West Palm Beach, FL, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5165K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5165K-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Reported engine: CONT E1859
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 205 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DKT51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802031899A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON OVER-WATER FLIGHT. DITCHED AT SEA. AIRPLANE SANK. POWER LOSS CAUSE NOT KNOWN.

## 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 MIA80DKT51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT51), Aug 2, 1980: Navion A (N5165K), W Palm Beach, FL, destroyed

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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