# Incident 19980920036439I: Navion NAVION H, Batavia, NY, September 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1998, 15:20 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Airport: Genesee County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0318° N, 78.1697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEE COUNTY (GVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0318&lon=-78.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23D) (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 engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 25 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/19980920036439I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 9/20/98 AT 1620 EST, A NAVION-H, N23D, PILOTED BY JOHN R SEMLER, LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 10/28. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APROXIMATELY 325 FEET. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN BATAVIA, NY. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N23D (2)

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

- [Incident 20091106022579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091106022579I), Nov 6, 2009: Navion NAVIONH (N23D), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. Aborted takeoff due to unsecured cowling. Left wing struck ground. Minor damage to aircraft. No injuries.
- [Incident 19951125041879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951125041879I), Nov 25, 1995: Tmpson NAVIONH (N23D), Batavia, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: on 11/25/95 a navion, N23D, registered to david k. anderson, impacted the nose landing gear onto the runway with a force that sheared the center…

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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