Navion NAVION N8811H

Summary

On 17 August 1984 at about 23:05 local time, a Navion NAVION registered N8811H was involved in an accident near Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 August 1984 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Pleasant Valley (4N9Q)

Coordinates

40.9195, -75.3996

Aircraft

Navion NAVION

Registration

N8811H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brodheadsville → Manville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC84LA285

Nobody was injured.

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT WAS ADVISED OF MODEL AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT PATH, EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN, HOWEVER, PRESENCE OF MODEL NOT CONFIRMED. PILOT REDUCED PWR BELOW RECOMMEDED RPM CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE. PILOT THEN APPLIED PWR TO AVOID COLLISION WITH TREES. WHEN IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO CRASH THE PILOT REDUCED PWR AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDING WITH TREES. A CHECK WITH MODEL AIRPORT REVEALED THAT NO MODEL AIRCRAFT WERE BEING FLOWN AT THE TIME OF THE REPORTED INCIDENT. A PASSENGER ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEE THE REPORTED MODEL AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS A HIGH RIDGE AT THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY USED FOR TAKEOFF ONLY 300 FT ABOVE RUNWAY LEVEL. PILOT REDUCED POWER ON TAKEOFF AFTERRAISING LANDING GEAR TO A POWER SETTING BELOW THAT INCORPORATED IN THE FLIGHT OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.