- Date
- August 4, 1987, 10:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4388KNavion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870804079659A
- Case key
- 25416
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a pleasure cross country flt, the eng sputtered then regained full pwr. The plt turned toward a nearby arpt and was cleared to land. En route to the arpt the engine lost full power. When the pilot thought he could make the rwy he extended the landing gear and full flaps, however, the acft began to descend more rapidly and the acft was unable to land at the airport and landed on a city street where it collided with an oncoming vehicle. Investigation revealed no fuel in the fuel system and when tested the engine driven fuel pump leaked fuel at the seals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4388K
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1388
- Airframe hours
- 2,295
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fiala, Paul A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1986 · 173 hours before
- Departed
- Q31 · Visalia, CA
- Destination
- TAO · Torrance, CA
- Airport
- HHR · Hawthorne, runway 7, 4,956 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 432 total · 210 in this make and model · 391 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HHR, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.