# Accident 19771023035939A: Navion NAVION/, Yakima, WA, October 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1977
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Yakima
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 46.5909° N, 120.5494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5909&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91580, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91580-1978-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVION/
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FA004-144798) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771023035939A

## Narrative

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

LESS THAN 1 HR PLT TIME IN PAST YR.

## 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 SEA77FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FA004-144798), Oct 23, 1977: N.American Navion (N91580), Yakima, WA, 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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