# Accident 20200802013329A: North American NAVION, Cedar City, UT, August 2, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2020, 08:43 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6033° N, 113.1889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6033&lon=-113.1889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225HJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N225HJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN NAVION
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 45 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200802013329A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 1, 2020, N225HJ TOOK OFF FROM NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AIRPORT (KVGT) WITH THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  ONE OF PASSENGERS CONFIRMED THEY FUELED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF AT THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL PUMP AND STATED SHE KNEW THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULL OF FUEL BECAUSE THE FUEL OVERFLOWED ONTO THE GROUND.  THEY TOOK-OFF ENROUTE TO CEDAR CITY, UTAH AIRPORT (KCDC) AND DROPPED OFF ONE OF THE PASSENGERS.  THE PILOT AND REMAINING PASSENGER TOOK-OFF WITHOUT REFUELING AND HEADED TO STRAWBERRY VALLEY ESTATES, UTAH AIRPORT (UT24) WHERE THEY REMAINED FOR THE NIGHT.  THE NEXT MORNING, AUGUST 2, 2020, THEY DEPARTED AND WERE ENROUTE TO CEDAR CITY, UTAH AIRPORT.  JUST PRIOR TO REACHING CEDAR CITY AIRPORT, 3 WITNESSES HEARD THE PILOT SAY ON THE RADIO, ?MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY? WE HAVE ZERO FUEL AND ARE GOING TO LAND IN A FIELD?.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A THE GUY WIRES HOLDING UP A 414 FOOT LIGHTED CELL PHONE TOWER 6 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR CITY AIRPORT KILLING BOTH PEOPLE ON BOARD.

## 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 WPR20LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA249), Aug 2, 2020: North American Navion (N225HJ), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper fuel planning and failure to see and avoid the communications tower support guy wire.

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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