- Date
- January 1, 1982, 19:50 local (Jan 2, 1982, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3906KNorth American Navion L-17B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 1, 1982
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820101001389A
- Case key
- 69187
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
The flight experienced engine roughness and a drop in oil pressure while in instrument weather conditions. The pilot elected to make a precautionary landing and was vectored to runway 7. The prevailing weather was sky obscured, ceiling and visibility zero. The pilot lined up on the high intensity approach lights but could not see the runway lights. The aircraft collided with trees about 500 feet left of the runway and 2/3RDS of the way down the runway. The last annual inspection of the aircraft was accomplished on 8/30/80. Examination of the engine revealed a broken compression ring on one of the cylinders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3906K
- Reported as
- North American Navion L-17B (NAVION L-1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1676
- Airframe hours
- 4,206
- Engine
- Continental E-225, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Safety Devices Inc.
- Registered owner
- Safety Devices Inc.
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Destination
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville Intl, runway 7, 8,000 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,740 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,250 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 0 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft
- Temperature
- 136 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.