# Accident 19810412016049A: Navion NAVIONA, Platteville, IL, April 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1981, 22:00 local time
- Place: Platteville, IL
- Airport: Joliet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5177° N, 88.1754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOLIET RGNL (JOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5177&lon=-88.1754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4816K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4816K-2012-08-27) (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: NAVION NAVIONA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,260 total, 600 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412016049A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT DEPARTURE INTO 200-FOOT OBSCURED CEILING. IMPACT WITH GROUND INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL. ALCOHOL INVOLVED.

## 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 CHI81FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA047), Apr 12, 1981: Navion A (N4816K), Platteville, IL, 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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