- Date
- May 27, 1984, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Noti, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4327KNavion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840527019419A
- Case key
- 39926
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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
At about 4,000 ft MSL, the eng began to run rough. The plt made a 180 deg turn to return to his departure arpt. The eng then quit. He turned the fuel boost pump on, applied carburetor heat, leaned the mixture & checked the mags. The eng started & ran for about 1 min but quit again. The plt landed onto a grass field & the acft struck a 6-FT ditch. No eng or carb failure/malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4327K
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV 4-1327
- Airframe hours
- 2,171
- Engine
- Continental E-225-4, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard M. Letsome
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 7, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 77S · Creswell, OR
- Destination
- 6S2 · Florence, OR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 445 total · 369 in this make and model · 383 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EUG, 14 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.