- Date
- May 9, 1965
- Place
- Athens, OH · ATHENS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8937HNavion NAV-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0179 65/5/9 ATHENS OHIO NAVION NAV-4 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 3573 TIME - 1515 N8937H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHIO UNIVERSITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC- PARTIAL PILOT INCAPACITATION REASON UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH RAILROAD SEMAPHORE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8937H
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ohio University
N8937HRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 1965 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVION
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