# Accident 19740518016019A: Navion NAVIONA, High Falls, NC, May 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1974
- Place: High Falls, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.4838° N, 79.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of High Falls, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4838&lon=-79.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4380K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4380K-1974-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740518016019A

## Narrative

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

RCVRD 5/24/74.TSTMS IN AREA.IMPACTED IN STEEP NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.PLT ALC LVL 360MG FM TISSUE.

## 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 IAD74AI066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI066), May 18, 1974: Ryan Navion (N4380K), High Falls, NC, 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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