# Incident 20200514006349I: Navion NAVION A, Palm Coast, FL, May 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2020, 14:14 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4808K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4808K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION A (registry code 6150104, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 407 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200514006349I

## Narrative

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

PALM COAST, FL (FIN): AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE DURING

LANDING. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP. POB: 1, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 05/14/2020 1814Z (DELAYED NOTIFICATION).

ACTUAL AIRCRAFT IS N4808K (8020-9 INCORRECT).

DURING A TOUCH AND GO, AIRPLANE APPEARED TO HAVE THE LANDING GEAR UP. CONTROLLER INFORMED THE PILOT TO RECHECK GEAR DOWN BECAUSE IT APPEARED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PILOT WENT AROUND AND STATED HE DID NOT STRIKE THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AND CAME AROUND, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. UPON INSPECTION DAMAGE TO BLADE TIP CONFIRMED IT DID STRIKE THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N4808K (1)

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

- [Incident 20031020031519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031020031519I), Oct 20, 2003: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4808K), Hot Springs, AR, No damage. (-23) On October 20, 2003, about 1500 central standard time, a navion aircraft, N4808K, sustained minor damage as a result of the main landing gear failure…

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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