# Incident 20070519008109I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Davis, CA, May 19, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2007, 12:56 local time
- Place: Davis, CA
- Airport: University Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5315° N, 121.7865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNIVERSITY (EDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5315&lon=-121.7865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8897H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8897H) (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
- Reported engine: CONT E185*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 152 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070519008109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N8897H PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT THE UC DAVIS AIRPORT ON 5/19/07. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:56 HRS PDT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 34R AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE TO THE EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE UC DAVIS POLICE DEPT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON ITS LOWER BELLY WITH ALL GEAR RETRACTED. THE REPORTING OFFICER FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE "UP" POSITION. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT. THE OFFICER FOUND NO DIVOTS IN THE RUNWAY ASPHALT BUT FOUND A LONG THIN GROOVE IN THE RUNWAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE KEEL BEAM SKID STRUCTURE. UPON FAA INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT ALL PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AND APPEAR TO HAVE HIT DIRT SURFACE. THE FLAPS WERE DOWN AND EXTENDED BELOW THE BELLY PLANE. THEY HAD DIRT MARKS BUT NO ASPHALT SCRATCHES. AN ANTENNA ON THE BELLY THAT WAS BELOW THE SKID STEP PLANE WAS BENT BY EARTH CONTACT AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ASPHALT CONTACT. THE SKID STEP AT THE BELLY CENTERLINE HAD A SMOOTH SURFACE AND HAD PRESENCE OF DIRT. THERE WERE NO SCRATCHES ON THE STEP SURFACE CONSISTENT WITH ASPHALT CONTACT.

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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