- Date
- September 23, 1978
- Place
- Naknek, AK · NAKNEK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4586KNavion NA-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780923044649A
- Case key
- 138925
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4375 78/9/23 NAKNEK,AK NAVION NA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 185 TIME - 0830 N4586K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAKNEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAKNEK,AK KING SALMON,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO 4 CYL EXHAUST VALVE GUIDE EXCESSIVELY WORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4586K
- Reported as
- Navion NA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naknek
N4586KRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Navion NAVION AAirframe modelNavion NAVION AEngine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.