# Accident 20090807013169A: Tmpson NAVIONA, Nyssa, OR, August 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Nyssa, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4392° N, 117.0853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4392&lon=-117.0853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4898K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4898K-2016-09-06) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA391) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090807013169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS HAD DEPARTED JEROME, IDAHO AND WERE EN ROUTE TO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON STATE IN MAGINAL VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH LOCALIZED MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT ARRIVE AT IT INTENDED DISTINATION AND WAS SUBJECT OF AN ALNOT.  IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOCATED THREE DAYS LATER IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ON THE IDAHO-OREGON BORDER.  EVIDENCE OF THE WRECKAGE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE APPEARS TO INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT BROKE UP INFLIGHT DURING A LOSS OF CONTROL EVENT.  ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED.

## 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 WPR09FA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA391), Aug 7, 2009: Navion Navion A (N4898K), Adrian, OR, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in an exceedence of the design stress limits of the aircraft and led to an…

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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