# NTSB SEA81FYP35: Navion, N91104, Spangle, WA, August 16, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 16, 1981
- Place: Spangle, WA · SPANGLE, WA
- Location: 47.4299° N, 117.3812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spangle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4299&lon=-117.3812&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 20, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123987
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA81FYP35
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP35

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2707  81/8/16    SPANGLE,WA          NAVION              CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 403
        TIME - 1415                    N91104              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 329 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PARADISE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPANGLE,WA                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91104](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91104), registered now, S/N NAV-4-6, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION
- 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: Paradise

## 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 19810816049739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049739A), Aug 16, 1981: Navion NAVION*, Spangle, WA, Substantial damage. Struck wires off departure end of runway on goaround. Low compression, excessive blow by on #3 cylinder.

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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