# Incident 20031020031519I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Hot Springs, AR, October 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2003, 14:50 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4808K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4808K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031020031519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 20, 2003, ABOUT 1500 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A NAVION AIRCRAFT, N4808K, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILURE DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 23 AT THE HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL AIRPORT, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE SCISSOR LINK ASSEMBLY, PART NUMBER 145-33107, HAD FRACTURED DURING THIS OPERATION CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL TO TOE IN. THE LANDING ROLLOUT WITH THE WHEEL IN THIS CONFIGURATION CAUSED THE MAIN TRUNION TO FAIL AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE RIGHT WING FINALLY CAME DOWN AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, HIT THE GRASS, AND SPUN 180 DEGREES. THE PIC AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS A RUNWAY LIGHT THAT WAS HIT BY THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N4808K (1)

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

- [Incident 20200514006349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200514006349I), May 14, 2020: Navion NAVION A (N4808K), Palm Coast, FL, Minor damage. Palm Coast, FL (fin): airplane experienced a propeller strike during Landing. Aircraft taxied to the ramp. POB: 1, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown.…

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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