# NTSB CHI65F0135: Navion NAV-4, N4813K, Wheeling, IL, March 31, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 31, 1965
- Place: Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179200
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65F0135
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0135

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0829  65/3/31    WHEELING ILL        NAVION NAV-4        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 312
        TIME - 0800                    N4813K              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- TAXIED ACROSS UNIMPROVED AREA BETWEEN RUNWAYS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4813K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4813K), registered now, S/N NAV-4-1813, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAV-4
- Registry model: [Ryan NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (registry code 6150160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pal-Waukee

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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