# Accident 19731231042269A: Navion NAVIONA, Firebaugh, CA, December 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1973
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.8511° N, 120.4526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Firebaugh, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8511&lon=-120.4526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4582K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4582K-1974-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 423 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731231042269A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RCVRD 1/3/74.MOUNTAINS OBSCURED-MARGINAL VFR NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK74AP027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP027), Dec 31, 1973: Navion A (N4582K), Firebaugh, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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