North American NAVION L-17B N3906K

Summary

On 2 January 1982 at about 00:50 local time, a North American NAVION L-17B registered N3906K, operated by Safety Devices Inc., was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 January 1982 at 00:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Jacksonville Intl (JAX)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

North American NAVION L-17B

Registration

N3906K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Safety Devices Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Melbourne → Savannah

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA82DA029

3 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE WHILE IN INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND WAS VECTORED TO RUNWAY 7. THE PREVAILING WEATHER WAS SKY OBSCURED, CEILING AND VISIBILITY ZERO. THE PILOT LINED UP ON THE HIGH INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHTS BUT COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ABOUT 500 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND 2/3RDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON 8/30/80. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN COMPRESSION RING ON ONE OF THE CYLINDERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.