# Incident 20210110001529I: Navion NAVION A, Van Buren Chart, MI, January 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2021, 18:38 local time
- Place: Van Buren Chart, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91646, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91646-2022-11-22) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 92 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210110001529I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS PERFOMING PATTERN WORK,WITH TOUCH & GOES. DURING LAST APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23L HE INFORMED ATC THIS WOULD BE FULL STOP LANDING. ATC ADVISED PIC THAT THERE WAS JET TRAFFIC BEHIND FOR RUNWAY 23L AND REQUESTED HE EXIT RUNWAY 23L AT TAXIWAY GOLF. THIS COMMUNICATION WAS AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS PERFORMING APPROACH CHECKLIST FOR LANDING. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER HEARING GEAR UNSAFE HORN PRIOR TO LANDING. PIC STATED THAT HE DID NOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN LANDING POSITION AND DID NOT VERIFY 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED . PIC SAID HE FELT RUSHED, BUT DID NOT DO A MISSED APPROACH. HE HAD HIS FLAPS SET FOR LANDING AND EXPECTED A NORMAL LANDING. HE LANDED ON CENTERLINE PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT SANK FURTHER AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY.

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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