# Accident 20040919026049A: Tmpson NAVIONG, Knox, IN, September 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2004, 20:00 local time
- Place: Knox, IN
- Airport: Starke County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3303° N, 86.6647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3303&lon=-86.6647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2453T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2453T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION G (registry code 6150120, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONG
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040919026049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO KOXI FROM PLYMOUTH MI. AT APPROXIMATELY 20:00 AND 2,000 FT. ALTITUDE, PILOT FELT SIDEWAYS JOLT AND NOTICED LIGHTS CAME ON EGT SCANNER. PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE SEIZED. PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RE-START AND BROUGH GEAR DOWN SUCCESSFULLY AND LEFT FLAPS IN FULL UP POSITION. PILOT ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36R BUT MADE AN EMERGENCY APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18L INSTEAD. THE AIRCRAFT MADE IMPACT IN A SOYBEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY NEAR HWY 250. THE PILOT DISEMBARKED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED 911 ON HIS CELL PHONE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY A PASSERBY AND SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND CHEST. THE PILOT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THAT NIGHT. THE ON SITE FAA INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. FROM FIRST IMPACT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT 57 FEET FROM ORIGINAL IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A DITCH PERPENDICULAR AND ADJACENT TO HWY 250. THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY BURIED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND THE ENGINE WAS INACCESSIBLE. THE LEFT TIP TANK WAS ALMOST EMPTY. THE RIGHT TANK HAD SOME FUEL. THE FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM READ 26 GALLONS. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON "MAIN".

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA262), Sep 20, 2004: Navion Navion G (N2453T), Knox, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were the unsuitable terrain encountered, the dark night conditions, and the ditch.

## Other reports on N2453T (1)

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

- [Accident 19731205040279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731205040279A), Dec 5, 1973: Navion NAVIONG (N2453T), Salem, OR, Substantial damage. Plt allowed acft to descend below initial fix altitude. Acft hit tree,cont to dest & lnd ok.

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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