# Accident 20070625016809A: Ryan NAVION, Colona, IL, June 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2007, 08:09 local time
- Place: Colona, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4922° N, 90.3508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4922&lon=-90.3508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8804H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8804H-2013-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 197 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070625016809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N8804H DEPARTED WATERLOO REGIONAL AIRPORT, WATERLOO, IOWA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE GEORGETOWN SCOTT COUNTY AIRPORT-MARSHALL FIELD, GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE BOTH NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOTS. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE MORNING OF THE 25TH OF JUNE VARIED FROM MARGINAL VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) AT SOME ALTITUDES TO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION (IMC). SURFACE VISIBILITIES RANGED FROM 1/2 TO 1/4 STATUTE MILE VISIBILITY, AND THE CLOUD TOPS WERE REPORTED AT 2,300 MSL WITH HAZE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED IN WITH QUAD CITY APPROACH AND WAS ASSIGNED TO "MAINTAIN VFR AT OR ABOVE 3,500 FEET..." A METAR WEATHER REPORT FOR MOLINE AIRPORT WAS ISSUED AT 0752 LOCAL TIME WITH CONDITIONS REPORTED AS CALM WINDS, 1/2 SM VISIBILITY, RUNWAY 9 RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR) OF 1800 TO 2400 FEET FOG, WITH OVERCAST SKIES AT 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) ISSUED N8804H A FEW TRAFFIC REPORTS AND THEN LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR AIRPLANE. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY ATC TO CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT. ATC REPORTS INDICATE A DESCENT COMMENCING AT 0809 AND 12 SECONDS FROM 3,247 FEET MSL, HEADING 126 DEGREES, AND AIRSPEED 130 KNOTS AND CONTINUING UNTIL 0809 AND 42 SECONDS ALTITUDE UNAVAILABLE (GROUND LEVEL), HEADING 260, AIRSPEED 192 KNOTS. THE DESCENT RATE INDICATED A LOSS OF 2494 FEET IN 30 SECONDS. THE REPORT ALSO INDICATES APPROXIMATELY A RIGHT 30 DEGREE BANK FROM A HEADING OF 126 DEGREES TO 260 DEGREES. WITNESSES STATE THEY HEARD A LOUD ENGINE BEFORE IMPACT. BASED ON EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE AND WITNESSES INTERVIEWS, IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT MAINTENANCE ISSUES CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI07FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA182), Jun 25, 2007: North American Navion (N8804H), Colona, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions.

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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