- Date
- February 20, 1979
- Place
- Milford, TX · MILFORD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8909HNavion NAV-4
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790220003309A
- Case key
- 137676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0103 79/2/20 MILFORD,TX NAVION NAV-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 270 TIME - 1745 N8909H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARRION,IL KILLEEN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ROAD SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8909H
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8909HRegistered now · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8909H · 1
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