# Incident 20100515034439I: North Ameri NAVION, Clark, SD, May 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Clark, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8809° N, 97.7348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clark, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8809&lon=-97.7348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8546H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8546H-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERI NAVION
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100515034439I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CDT, A NAVION MODEL A REGISTERED TO JIM CHRISTIANSON MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE TIP BROKE OFF DURING A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.  NIETHER THE PASSENGER NOR PILOT WERE INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN BROOKINGS SD ON MAY 15, 2010 AT 1330 CDT.

## Other reports on N8546H (1)

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

- [Incident 19800310024559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800310024559I), Mar 10, 1980: Tmpson NAVIONA (N8546H), Branson, MO, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed after touchdown. Test indicated hydraulic system would not hold pressure with gear down.

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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