Jacksonville Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Jacksonville, Florida 32229
Friday, January 1, 1982 19:50 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE WHILE IN INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND WAS VECTORED TO RUNWAY 7. THE PREVAILING WEATHER WAS SKY OBSCURED, CEILING AND VISIBILITY ZERO. THE PILOT LINED UP ON THE HIGH INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHTS BUT COULD NOT SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ABOUT 500 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND 2/3RDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON 8/30/80. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN COMPRESSION RING ON ONE OF THE CYLINDERS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/1/1982
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1950
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City JACKSONVILLE
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 32229
Event Date Year 1982
Event Date Month 1
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport JACKSONVILLE INTL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID JAX
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1952
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID JAX
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 1400
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 58
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 110
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 3
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 135
NTSB Notification Source
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Sep 9 2002 5:02PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\ZUZL
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3906K
NTSB Number MIA82DA029
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire In-flight
Aircraft Explosion In-flight
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name NORTH AMERICAN
Aircraft Model NAVION L-17B
Aircraft Series Identifier NAVION L-1
Aircraft Serial Number 1676
Certified Max Gross Weight 2750
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Unknown
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection 102
Airframe Hours 4206
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name SAFETY DEVICES INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 8805 TELEGRAPH RD.
Aircraft Owner City LORTON
Aircraft Owner State VA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 22079
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name SAFETY DEVICES INC.
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 8805 TELEGRAPH RD.
Operator City LORTON
Operator State VA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 22079
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board Unknown
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code MLB
Departure City MELBOURNE
Departure State FL
Departure Country
Departure Time 1835
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code SAV
Destination City SAVANNAH
Destination State GA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 18 2002 4:49PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 7
Runway Length 8000
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --