# Incident 20171005011759I: Navion NAVION H, Bellingham, WA, October 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2017, 16:42 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7534° N, 122.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellingham, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7534&lon=-122.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2549T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2549T-2018-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION H (registry code 6150122, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171005011759I

## Narrative

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

AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR THE LEFT BASE APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 16, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOOSE POWER.  THE PIC TOOK THE REQUIRED ACTIONS TO REMEDY THE ENGINE ISSUE BUT POWER DID NOT RETURN.  THE PIC TRIED TO MAKE RUNWAY 34 BUT DETERMINED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT.  HE LANDED IN THE WATER JUST SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.  CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N2549T (1)

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

- [Incident 19990315019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315019009I), Mar 15, 1999: Tmpson NAVIONH (N2549T), Red Wing, MN, Minor damage. On landing at Red Wing Municipal Airport (rgk) the nose tire fork broke in half and departed aircraft resulting in nose strut collapsing. No injuries and minor…

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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