# Accident 19810414015959A: Navion NAVIONG, Bayard, NE, April 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1981, 18:07 local time
- Place: Bayard, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7572° N, 103.3230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bayard, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7572&lon=-103.3230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91551, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91551-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONG
- Reported engine: CONT E1853
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 19 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810414015959A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. CRASH-LANDED IN FARM FIELD. FOUND BROKEN CYLINDER RINGS. OIL FOULED PLUGS AND MAGS.

## 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 MKC81DCJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCJ09), Apr 14, 1981: Navion G (N91551), Bayard, NE, 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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