# Incident 19970609017969I: Tmpson NAVIONH, Shawnee, PA, June 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1997, 10:00 local time
- Place: Shawnee, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5837° N, 77.5228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shawnee, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5837&lon=-77.5228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2518T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2518T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION H (registry code 6150122, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONH
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970609017969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRPLANE WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. PILOT DESCENDED TO 1800 FEET AND UPON A HEADING CHANGE THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON A GOLF COURSE INTENTIONALLY LEAVING THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE BELLY AND PROPELLER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CENTER FUEL TANK HAD 20 GALLONS OF FUEL, BOTH TIP TANKS WERE EMPTY, AND NO MECHANICAL FAILURES WERE NOTED. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND RAN NORMALLY. WE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT WAS COUNSELED ABOUT FUEL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2518T (1)

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

- [Accident 19881229057179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881229057179A), Dec 29, 1988: Tmpson NAVIONH (N2518T), Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. Reported engine failed on takeoff. Landed hard on runway damaging a wing. No engine defects on post accident test.

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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