# NTSB LAX67D0024: Navion B, N8569H, Buckeye, AZ, May 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 27, 1966
- Place: Buckeye, AZ · BUCKEYE, AZ
- Location: 33.3703° N, 112.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckeye, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3703&lon=-112.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122781
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3020  66/5/27    BUCKEYE ARIZ        NAVION B            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 137
        TIME - 1900                    N8569H              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCKEYE-STEPHEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: SEALS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- GEAR EXTENSION HYDRAULIC FLUID DEPLETED, NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, MAIN GEAR REMAINED LOCKED DOWN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8569H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8569H-2013-08-07), registration cancelled 2013-08-07, S/N NAV-4-553, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION B
- 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: Buckeye-Stephen

## Other investigations on N8569H (3)

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 MKC87LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA160), Aug 8, 1987: North American Navion (N8569H), Chillicothe, MO, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI71FGG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FGG17), Oct 18, 1970: Navion NAV4 (N8569H), Findlay, OH, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI68F0291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0291), Sep 10, 1967: Navion B (N8569H), Tecumseh, MI, 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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