# NTSB CHI65F0143: Navion NAV-4, N8937H, Athens, OH, May 9, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 9, 1965
- Place: Athens, OH · ATHENS, OH
- Location: 39.3263° N, 82.1002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Athens, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3263&lon=-82.1002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65F0143
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65F0143

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8937H-1965-06-30), registration cancelled 1965-06-30, S/N NAV-4-937 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAV-4
- Registry model: [North American NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (registry code 6150130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Ohio University

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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