# Incident 20130621012609I: Navion NAVION A, Canadian, TX, June 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2013, 16:15 local time
- Place: Canadian, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9097° N, 100.3839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canadian, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9097&lon=-100.3839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N285HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,033 total, 920 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130621012609I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 AND 1700 CDT, N285HP A NAVION, WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM JOHN C TUNE (JWN), NASHVILLE, TN.  THE PILOT PLANNED TO UTILIZE THE UNDER SEAT AUXILIARY FUEL TANK FOR 25 MINUTES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 23 MINUTES AFTER SWITCH TO THAT TANK.  THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY OFF-FIELD LANDING.

THE PILOT PERFORMED A WALK AROUND AND A SATISFACTORY FULL ENGINE RUN UP.

THE PILOT DECIDED TO DEPART THE FIELD.  DURING TAKEOFF THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND FROM THE SOUTH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT IMPACTING A FENCE POST.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY GEAR DOWN TO HEMPHILL COUNTY AIRPORT (HHF) APPROXIMATELY 10.5 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AGAIN FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER AND THE PILOT PERFORMED ANOTHER OFF FIELD LANDING.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

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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