# Accident 19810816049739A: Navion NAVION*, Spangle, WA, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 14:15 local time
- Place: Spangle, WA
- Airport: Paradise
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4299° N, 117.3812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spangle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4299&lon=-117.3812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91104, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91104) (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 NAVION*
- Reported engine: CONT E1853
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 402 total, 329 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049739A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES OFF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY ON GOAROUND. LOW COMPRESSION, EXCESSIVE BLOW BY ON #3 CYLINDER.

## 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 SEA81FYP35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP35), Aug 16, 1981: Navion (N91104), Spangle, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N91104 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800413049399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800413049399I), Apr 13, 1980: Tmpson NAVIONA (N91104), Pullman, WA, Minor damage. Pilot made hard landing then lost directional control.

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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