# NTSB FTW69O0019: Navion A, N8750H, Eltordo, Mexico, May 20, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 20, 1968
- Place: Eltordo, Mexico · ELTORDO,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 27, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109692
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69O0019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69O0019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0010  68/5/20    ELTORDO,MEX         NAVION A            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 560
        TIME - 1400                    N8750H              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ELTORDO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8750H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8750H-2012-09-10), registration cancelled 2012-09-10, S/N NAV-4-750, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION A
- Registry model: [North American NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (registry code 6150130) (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: Eltordo

## Other investigations on N8750H (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA79DYE47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE47), Aug 25, 1979: Navion A (N8750H), Snohomish, WA, substantial damage

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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