# Accident 19810823051029A: Navion NAVIONA, Prescott, AZ, August 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1981, 19:20 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest Love
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5110K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONA
- Reported engine: CONT E2254
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,112 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUJ95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810823051029A

## Narrative

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

WINDSHEER ON HIGH ALTITUDE TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO CLIMB. LANDED GEAR UP, SLID OFF END OF RUNWAY. THUNDERSTORM IN AREA.

## 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 LAX81DUJ95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ95), Aug 23, 1981: Navion A (N5110K), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage

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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