Navion NAVION A N8717H

Summary

On 9 June 2002 at about 19:20 local time, a Navion NAVION A registered N8717H was involved in an accident near Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 June 2002 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Forest Lake (25D)

Coordinates

45.2697, -92.9806

Aircraft

Navion NAVION A

Registration

N8717H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Forest Lake → Council Bluffs

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA160

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff. The soft turf runway and power lines were contributing factors.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was damaged when it impacted terrain following a collision with power lines on takeoff from the soft runway (2,650 feet by 150 feet, turf). The pilot reported that the airplane was slow in accelerating and that after lift off the airplane's left main landing gear snagged a power line. No anomalies with respect to the airframe, power plant, or systems were determined to have existed prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.