# Incident 19890114000579I: Tmpson NAVIONA, El Centro, CA, January 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1989, 17:12 local time
- Place: El Centro, CA
- Airport: Douthitt Strip Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7890° N, 115.5285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Douthitt Strip, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7890&lon=-115.5285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N595R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N595R-2015-04-30) (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: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Reported engine: CONT E1853
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890114000579I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED SMALL THERMAL ON LANDING ON MUDDY STRIP. HAD RAPID SINK RATE. HIT A PIPE WITH RIGHT GEAR. IT COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N595R (2)

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

- [Incident 19851102072059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851102072059I), Nov 2, 1985: Tmpson NAVION* (N595R), Pinetop, AZ, Minor damage. While changing fuel tanks selector went up and over a rivit. Valve was stuck and resulted in fuel starvation.
- [Incident 19790403012449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790403012449I), Apr 3, 1979: Tmpson NAVION/ (N595R), San Bernardino, CA, Minor damage. Six inches of one propeller blade separated in flight.

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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