Navion B N5175K

9 March 1980 · Calexico, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 9 March 1980 at about 12:10 local time, a Navion B registered N5175K, operated by Torrance Farm, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Calexico, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 March 1980 at 12:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Calexico, California, United States
Nearest airport: Torrance Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Navion B
Registration: N5175K
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Torrance Farm
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Brawley, Ca → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0293

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

Probable cause

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

STARTED ENG W FULL THROTTLE.ACFT MOVED BFR PLT COULD STOP ENG.HIT CESSNA 177, N34924 & FUEL TRUCK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0293, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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