# Accident 20080607846279A: Naval N3N3, Webster Townsh, OH, June 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2008, 11:43 local time
- Place: Webster Townsh, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4608° N, 83.4761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4608&lon=-83.4761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N582WH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N582WH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 760A B D E&ET (registry code 67009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-760a-b-d-e-et) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL N3N3
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R760*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 106 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080607846279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD DUE TO FLUCTUATING OIL PRESSURE.  UPON TOUCHDOWN IN PLOWED FIELD LOWER WING TIP HIT HIGHER VEGETATION (WHEAT) IN ADJOINING FIELD.  CONTACT WITH THE HIGHER WHEAT IN ADJOINING FIELD AND SOFT UNEVEN TERRAIN CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP.  AIRCRAFT MAIN GEAR WAS TORN OFF AT FRANIBLE MOUNTING POINTS, AIRCRAFT LOWER WING CONTACTED GROUND.  LOWER WING DAMAGED AND FUSELAGE HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI08CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA186), Jun 7, 2008: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (N582WH), Luckey, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining clearance from the high vegetation during the off airport landing. Contributing to the accident was the high vegetation.

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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