# Accident 20110623015449A: Navion NAVION B, Red Oak, NC, June 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2011, 12:15 local time
- Place: Red Oak, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0556° N, 77.9217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0556&lon=-77.9217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75394, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75394-2017-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION B (registry code 6150112, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-435C&D SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 971 total, 932 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA359) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110623015449A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM THE PRIVATE GRASS STRIP (19NC) HEADED SOUTH WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, THE AIRCRAFT BANKED OUT TO THE SOUTHEAST IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE STRIP OR LAND IN A TOBACCO FIELD ADJACENT TO THE STRIP.  DUE TO THE LACK OF ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREE TOPS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TOBACCO FIELD AND CAME TO REST AT AN APPROXIMATELY 30 DGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE FACING IN A SOUTH WEST DIRECTION.  INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE  PROPELLER INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT ROTATING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  EXAMINATION OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO FUEL SEEPS OR LEAKS, AND EXAMINATION OF THE AUXILUARY FUEL TANK INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL IN IT, EXAMINATION OF THE MAIN FUEL TANK INDICATED THAT IT DID CONTAIN FUEL AND WHEN DIPPED THROUGH THE FILLER NECK SHOWED APPROXIMATELY 6" OF FUEL IN THE TANK (THIS IS WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN THE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE).  THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN A POSITION APPROXIMATELY 1/4" FROM THE FULL OFF POSITION WITH THE MASTER POWER SWITCHES IN THE "OFF" POSITION.

## 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 ERA11LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA359), Jun 23, 2011: Navion Navion B (N75394), Red Oak, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent movement of the fuel tank selector handle to the off position, resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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