- Date
- February 18, 1984, 14:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N91123Navion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840218004539A
- Case key
- 39876
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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
The acft crashed into a tree and a fence during a forced landing following engine stoppage during the initial climb after takeoff. Investigation revealed that the acft had only one cup of fuel mixed with water and rust in the tank beingused. The right tip tank contained less than 5 gallons. There was no other fuel aboard the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91123
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV447
- Airframe hours
- 2,657
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cornelius Veenendoal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1983
- Departed
- S12 · Albany, OR
- Destination
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Airport
- S12 · Albany Nunicipal, runway 16, 3,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 186 in this make and model · 541 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EUG, 32 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.