# Accident 20070921023529A: Ryan NAVION, Clayton, NC, September 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2007, 10:10 local time
- Place: Clayton, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6417° N, 78.4528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6417&lon=-78.4528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8844H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8844H-2008-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION (registry code 6150130, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070921023529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM HORRY COUNTY AIRPORT (HYW) ON THE MORNING OF 09-21-2007. THE FLIGHT WAS TO TERMINATE SOMEWHERE IN THE TIDEWATER VIRGINIA AREA. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A RESTAURANT IN CLAYTON, NC. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT OF AIRCRAFT) WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE PILOT ASKED FOR OR RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEF.

## 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 MIA07FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA154), Sep 21, 2007: North American Navion (N8844H), Clayton, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional abrupt maneuver during low altitude cruise flight to avoid obstructions ahead, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain and a building. Contributing to the accident…

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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