# Incident 19890422064569I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Piqua, OH, April 22, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Piqua, OH
- Airport: Piqua Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1447° N, 84.2433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Piqua, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1447&lon=-84.2433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4562K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4562K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890422064569I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING TO HANGAR. DOWN LOCK MECHANISM WAS WORN.

## Other reports on N4562K (1)

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

- [Incident 19910606024569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910606024569I), Jun 6, 1991: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4562K), Sidney, OH, Minor damage. Pilot distracted by geese and forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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