Navion A N4527K

Summary

On 9 September 1999 at about 22:36 local time, a Navion A registered N4527K was involved in an accident near Utica, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 September 1999 at 22:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Utica, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.8891, -97.3392

Aircraft

Navion A

Registration

N4527K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lincoln → Kearney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA340

Nobody was injured.

the failure of the fuel pump and the misjudged touchdown point by the pilot. A factor was the high vegetation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said, '... at 4,500 feet, the engine died suddenly and completely. I immediately turned on [the] boost pump, which did no good. I then, turned back 180 degrees and headed for NE23 (Utica, NE) which we had just passed. I notified Lincoln App [approach] of our problem and that re-start procedures didn't work.' The pilot then said, 'I thought I was set up to touch down halfway down the runway, let [the] gear down, got three lights, and then pumped down the rest of the flaps.' The pilot said that he touched down approximately 150 feet from the end of the runway and on rollout the landing gear collapsed due to the presence of '...five feet tall fireweeds.' During a post accident examination of the airplane, the engine driven fuel pump drive pin was found to be sheared. No other preexisting anomalies were found with respect to the aircraft or it's systems

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.