# Incident 19980807036829I: Tmpson NAVION*, Vesta, MN, August 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1998, 13:45 local time
- Place: Vesta, MN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5076° N, 95.4157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vesta, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5076&lon=-95.4157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8927H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8927H) (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 NAVION*
- Reported engine: CONT E1853
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980807036829I

## Narrative

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

(-5)WHILE ENROUTE FROM CRYSTAL AIRPORT (MIC) TO STURGIS, SD, ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED FLUCTUATING AND THEN DROPPED TO ZERO.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING 1 MILE SOUTH OF VESTA, MN, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  MECHANIC FROM MIDWEST AIRCRAFT, MARSHALL, MN, FOUND #2 CYLINDER CRACKED.  THE MECHANIC'S NAME IS NORMAN SCHNEIDER.

## Other reports on N8927H (1)

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

- [Incident 20200324003109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200324003109I), Mar 24, 2020: North American NAVION (N8927H), Palm City, FL, Minor damage. On March 24, 2020, at approximately 1444 eastern daylight time, a North American Navion, N8927H, experienced an engine power loss and made an emergency landing…

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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