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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Navion NAVION A · Perry, FL · November 29, 1980

Date: November 29, 1980 · 21:00 local
Place: Perry, FL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4942K
Reported as: Navion Naviona
Reported engine: Continental E1859
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total3 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4942KRegistration cancelled Dec 10, 2012 · Navion NAVION AS/N NAV-4-1942 · Built 1949 Airframe modelNavion NAVION A Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During level flight connecting rod broke. Engine seized. Landed on road. Airplane was unairworthy.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LEVEL FLIGHT CONNECTING ROD BROKE. ENGINE SEIZED. LANDED ON ROAD. AIRPLANE WAS UNAIRWORTHY.