- Date
- April 13, 1979
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8534HNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790413012269A
- Case key
- 137116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0928 79/4/13 SWEETWATER,TX NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 4244 TIME - 1210 N8534H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 238 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SWEETWATER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTON,TX SNYDER,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GAS HEATER SUPPLY LINE,P/N 145-53327,LEAKING AT ENG FUEL PUMP CONNECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8534H
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sweetwater Muni
N8534HRegistered now · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8534H · 2
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