# Accident 19810922060839A: Navion NAVIONB, Firebaugh, CA, September 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1981, 16:05 local time
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Airport: Firebaugh
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8600° N, 120.4645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FIREBAUGH (F34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8600&lon=-120.4645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5345K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5345K-1984-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION B (registry code 6150170, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAVIONB
- Reported engine: LYC GO435C2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 267 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810922060839A

## Narrative

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

ZT ENGINE FIRE IN FLIGHT. INDICATES PILOT OVERCOME BY SMOKE. DIVED INTO GROUND. ENGINE WORN. SUB-STANDARD REPAIRS.

## 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 LAX81FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA129), Sep 22, 1981: Ryan Navion (N5345K), Firebaugh, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N5345K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781228020679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781228020679I), Dec 28, 1978: Tmpson NAVIONB (N5345K), Buckeye, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot dropped in on landing. Bounced twice, nose gear collapsed. Nose gear was secured down from previous incident.
- [Incident 19780226002029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780226002029I), Feb 26, 1978: Tmpson NAVION/ (N5345K), Winslow, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout due to failure of forward bearing in gear retraction link.

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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