# NTSB UNK64X0542: Navion A, N91437, Baton Rouge, LA, February 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 12, 1964
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA · BATON ROUGE, LA
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 9, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184802
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0542
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0542

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2852  64/2/12    BATON ROUGE LA      NAVION A            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 76 TOTAL
        TIME - 1630                    N91437              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91437](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91437-1974-10-30), registration cancelled 1974-10-30, S/N NAV491 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION A
- Registry model: [North American NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (registry code 6150130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Downtown

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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