# Incident 19950417010189I: Tmpson NAVIONG, Swanton, VT, April 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1995, 16:30 local time
- Place: Swanton, VT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9245° N, 73.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Swanton, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9245&lon=-73.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2428T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2428T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION G (registry code 6150120, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONG
- Reported engine: CONT IO470H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 381 total, 350 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950417010189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. DAVIS STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM BTV AT 1600 LOCAL TIME AND PROCEEDED NORTH TO A TEST SIGHT. WHEN HE FINISHED THERE, HE SAID HE DECIDED TO GO TO SWANTON, VT (1B7) AND SHOOT SOME TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. MR. DAVIS STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A NORMAL APPROACH WITH FLAPS DOWN TO RUNWAY 01. A CALL CAME OVER THE RADIO INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. BY THEN HE HAD FLARED PREPARING TO LAND. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE PROP STRUCK, HE POWERED UP AND MADE A GO AROUND. HE SAID HE LOOKED AT THE GEAR LEVER AND IT WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION. HE LOWERED THE LEVER, THE GEAR WENT DOWN, AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE.

## Other reports on N2428T (2)

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

- [Accident 19950715018569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950715018569A), Jul 15, 1995: Tmpson NAVIONG (N2428T), Burlington, VT, Substantial damage. On maintainance, gear handle in up position, began taxi, nose gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19730630021459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730630021459A), Jun 30, 1973: Navion NAVIONG (N2428T), West Haymarket, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot used full flaps for short field takeoff mushed into trees.

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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