# Accident 19900928046379A: Navion L17A, Fort Wayne, IN, September 28, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1990, 20:00 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Smith Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1434° N, 85.1528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH FLD (SMD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1434&lon=-85.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91665, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91665-1991-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion L-17A (registry code 6150106, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-l-17a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION L17A
- Reported engine: CONT E1853
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928046379A

## Narrative

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

PULLED UP AND STALLED INTO TREES AFTER LOW PASS OVER DRIVEWAY. PILOT INCAPACITATED BY ALCOHOL AND MEDICAL DRUGS.

## 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 CHI90LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA277), Sep 29, 1990: Navion L-17A (N91665), Fort Wayne, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT DUE TO IMPAIRMENT FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND USE OF A DRUG, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE ABOVE WOODED TERRAIN. DARKNESS WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

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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