# Incident 20260830011309I: Navion NAVION D, Gonzales, LA, August 30, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2026, 10:59 local time
- Place: Gonzales, LA
- Airport: Louisiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1714° N, 90.9404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOUISIANA RGNL (REG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1714&lon=-90.9404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N384TL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N384TL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navion NAVION D (registry code 6150114, https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260830011309I

## Narrative

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

AT 10:59 ON 08/30/2026, A NAVION D LANDED AT LOUISIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (REG) IN GONZALES, LA WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND NOSE WHEEL TURNED TO THE RIGHT.  NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING RESULTING IN PROP STRIKE AND POSSIBLE FRONT END DAMAGE.

DURING AIRCRAFT INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION CENTERING  ARM WAS BENT.   A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BENT CENTERING DEVICE WAS MAKING CONTACT WITH STEERING BUNGIE ATTACH BRACKET.  CONTACT WITH BRACKET INTERFERED WITH NOSE WHEEL TRAVEL AND RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM WHILE TRYING TO EXTEND GEAR.

## Other reports on N384TL (1)

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

- [Accident 20190120005769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190120005769A), Jan 20, 2019: Navion NAVION D (N384TL), Patterson, LA, Substantial damage. Received occurrence report for aircraft reporting a problem with its vertical stabilizer. Talked to the pilot and found out that when he was approaching to…

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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