# Incident 19990225018049I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Anaheim, CA, February 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1999, 16:27 local time
- Place: Anaheim, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8353° N, 117.9145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anaheim, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8353&lon=-117.9145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4438K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4438K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Reported engine: CONT E2259
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 253 total, 175 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990225018049I

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1627 HOURS, A 1948 NORTH AMERICAN NAVION NA=1 SINGLE ENGINE LOW WING AIRPLANE N4438K, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE FROM CORONA AIRPORT IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT IN ORANGE COUNTY. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A OPEN FIELD WITHIN THE FREEWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY, WEST BOUND SR-91 EAST OF IMPERIAL HIGHWAY. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER, PROBABLE CAUSE, FAULTY FUEL SELECTOR VALVE.

## Other reports on N4438K (1)

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

- [Incident 20160917025109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160917025109I), Sep 17, 2016: Navion NAVION A (N4438K), Chino, CA, Minor damage. After taking off the pilot retracted the landing gear a few seconds later the engine cease to operate. The pilot then pushed the nose of the aircraft over to…

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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