# Accident 20160624010589A: North American NAVION, Alamogordo, NM, June 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8950° N, 105.9672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8950&lon=-105.9672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91137, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91137-2019-09-04) (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 AMERICAN NAVION
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 890 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160624010589A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 24, 2016, AT 1010 MDT, A NORTH AMERICAN NAVION MODEL A, N91137, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE ON A PRIVATE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A ROAD, TOUCHED DOWN SHORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RUIDOSO, NM ON JUNE 24, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 940 MDT.

## 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 CEN16LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA234), Jun 24, 2016: North American Navion (N91137), Alamogordo, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 5 exhaust valve key spring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.

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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