Navion A accident near Groveland, CA
On August 22, 1995, a Navion A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Groveland, CA. 2 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 22, 1995
- Place
- Groveland, CA
- Aircraft
- Navion A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.850°N, 120.010°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04298
NTSB summary
On August 22, 1995, at 1513 hours Pacific daylight time, a Navion A, N8513H, crashed in an open area while executing an emergency landing about 1/2 mile west of Pine Mountain Lake Airport, Groveland, California. The emergency landing was required due to a total loss of power. The pilot was beginning a local visual flight rules maintenance test flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by a private individual, sustained substantial damage. The certificated commercial pilot and his passenger, a certificated private pilot, received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot, also a certificated airframe/powerplant mechanic, reported in the aircraft accident report that he had been working on the airplane hydraulic system; the left main landing gear would not retract. The pilot said that the passenger, a certificated private pilot and airframe/powerplant mechanic, was performing mechanics duties only. The pilot said that shortly after flying over the end of the runway (the left main landing gear retracted normally), the engine began to misfire. He said he glanced at the fuel selector valve and saw that it was in the normal position and he cycled the electric fuel boost pump, but without success. He said that the engine sounded as if the cylinders were firing at the wrong time. The pilot elected to execute a 180-degree turn to return to the airport. He said that his last action in controlling the airplane was to bank it to the right to avoid hitting an oak tree. The owner's father said that he observed the accident. He said that as the airplan
Probable cause
fuel starvation, due to the pilot's improper positioning of the fuel selector. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
