- Date
- August 8, 1987, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chillicothe, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8569HNorth American Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870808043419A
- Case key
- 34431
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC was ferrying the navion to a distant location to undergo an annual insp. Abt 20 min into the flt, the PIC rptd experiencing eng pblms. The PIC was able to fly to a nearby arpt for a precautionary lndg. Instead of making the lndg the PIC went around to gain a better angle for the lndg. While in the pattern, the PIC felt that the rough running eng would not allow the acft to reach the arpt and he intentionally stalled the acft into trees short of the rwy. A subsequent insp of the acft revealed that the eng carb was leaking fuel. Each time the PIC advanced the throttle, fuel leaked fm the carb resulting in a degradation of available eng pwr. The plt was not rated and possessed no medical certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8569H
- Reported as
- North American Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV4553
- Engine
- Continental E-185-3, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Gondringer & Barnett Quarries
- Registered owner
- Gondringer & Barnett Quarries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TRX · Trenton, MO
- Destination
- VER · Boonville, MO
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
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8569H · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.