# Incident 20201009019039I: North American NAVION A, New Milford, CT, October 9, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2020, 15:00 local time
- Place: New Milford, CT
- Airport: Candlelight Farms
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5692° N, 73.4621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANDLELIGHT FARMS (11N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5692&lon=-73.4621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91197, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91197-2020-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION A (registry code 6150132, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 450 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201009019039I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 9, 2020  AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 EST, CIVIL AIRCRAFT N91197, A NORTH AMERICAN  NAVION A, SERIAL NUMBER NAV-4-244, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  CANDLELIGHT FARMS AIRPORT (11N) LOCATED IN NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KDXR DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DANBURY CONNECTICUT WITH CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PERSONAL PART 91 FLIGHT WAS FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO PERFORM HIS BFR (BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW). THEY FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES BEFORE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROMPTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO PERFORM A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING AT 11N. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED ON THE  GRASS RUNWAY OF 11N .  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO INCLUDE A BENT PROP, A STEP WAS RIPPED FROM  IT?S ATTACH POINT, AN ANTENNA ON THE BELLY WAS BROKEN,  SEVERAL BELLY PANELS WERE DENTED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. NO OTHER PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.

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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