# Incident 20231228022689I: Navion NAVION B, Monroe, GA, December 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2023, 13:30 local time
- Place: Monroe, GA
- Airport: Monroe-Walton County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7824° N, 83.6929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Monroe Walton County Airport (D73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7824&lon=-83.6929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5304K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5304K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION B (registry code 6150112, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-435C&D SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231228022689I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 21, HE EXPERIENCED A STRONG RIGHT QUARTERING GUST OF WIND. THIS RESULTED IN THE RIGHT WING LIFTING AND THE LEFT TIP TANK STRIKING THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOWED NO OTHER MAINTENACE MITIGATING ISSUES OR FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL.

## Other reports on N5304K (1)

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

- [Accident 19990716042999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990716042999A), Jul 16, 1999: Tmpson NAVIONB (N5304K), Sulphur Creek, ID, No damage. (-23) The pilot stated this flight was part of a mountain flying seminar held in mccall, ID. The Sulphur Creek airstrip is a private one-way mountain strip.…

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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