# Accident 19740317008269A: Navion NAVIONB, Bowie, MD, March 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1974
- Place: Bowie, MD
- Airport: Freeway
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.9414° N, 76.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREEWAY (W00), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9414&lon=-76.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5245K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5245K-1974-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION B (registry code 6150170, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740317008269A

## Narrative

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

MDT TURB FCST FOR AREA.ACFT STRUCK TREES APRX 2200FT S OF RWY.FLT DPTD FLL ABT 0852 HRS.

## 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 IAD74AI053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI053), Mar 17, 1974: Navion B (N5245K), Bowie, MD, 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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