# NTSB DIA68A0008: Navion NAV-A, N8792H, Maugansville, MD, August 26, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1967
- Place: Maugansville, MD · MAUGANSVILLE, MD
- Location: 39.6937° N, 77.7472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maugansville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6937&lon=-77.7472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114944
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0008

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0708  67/8/26    MAUGANSVILLE,MD     NAVION NAV-A        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 288
        TIME - 0904                    N8792H              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAGERSTOWN MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       66
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          CALM                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
        REMARKS- FSS-DID NOT PASS AIRMET DELTA 4.PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.EVDNCE HEART COND.INSUFF ESTB INCAPACITY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8792H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8792H-1970-01-16), registration cancelled 1970-01-16, S/N NAV-4-792 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAV-A
- Registry model: [Navion NAVION A](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (registry code 6150104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hagerstown Muni

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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