# NTSB MIA82DA029: North American Navion L-17B, N3906K, Jacksonville, FL, January 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1982, 19:50 local (Jan 2, 1982, 00:50 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 1, 1982
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69187/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA029

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,cylinder - failure,partial (cause)
  - maintenance,annual inspection - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3906K-1984-06-05), registration cancelled 1984-06-05, S/N 1676, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN NAVION L-17B (NAVION L-1)
- Registry model: [Navion L-17B](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-l-17b) (registry code 6150108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1676
- Airframe hours: 4206
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820101001389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820101001389A), Jan 1, 1982: Navion L17B, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Engine power loss IFR in clouds. Made surveillance approach in zero visibility. Hit trees. Broken cylinder rings.

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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