# Accident 19740309006869A: Navion NAVION*, Columbia, CA, March 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1974
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8785H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8785H-2004-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 704 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740309006869A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREE WITH L WING JUST NORTH OF ARPT.

## 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 OAK74AP043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP043), Mar 9, 1974: Ryan Navion (N8785H), Columbia, CA, destroyed, 3 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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