# NTSB SEA84LA121: Navion A, N4327K, Noti, OR, May 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1984, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Noti, OR
- Coordinates: 44.090869, -123.389144 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0909&lon=-123.3891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA121
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39926/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA121

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4327K-2010-07-12), registration cancelled 2010-07-12, S/N NAV-4-1327, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION A
- Registry model: [Navion NAVION A](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (registry code 6150104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: NAV 4-1327
- Airframe hours: 2171
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840527019419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840527019419A), May 27, 1984: Tmpson NAVIONA, Noti, OR, Substantial damage. Engine lost power en route. Struck a ditch landing on a grass field. Cause of stoppage not known.

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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