# Accident 20071020830539A: Ryan NAVION, Santa Fe, NM, October 20, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2007, 10:10 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6169° N, 106.0839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6169&lon=-106.0839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5104K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5104K-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-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 E225*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,900 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071020830539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 20, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000MDT, N5104K, A RYAN NAVION, DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 AT SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, WHERE AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL LOST POWER AND CRASH LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES WHILE THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO FOR A FLY-IN. DURING THE CLIMB, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING RPM, FROM 2500 TO 2200. THE PILOT MADE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME AND THE PROPELLER BLADES BENT BACK.

## 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 DEN08LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA015), Oct 20, 2007: Ryan Navion (N5104K), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A leak in the fuel selector valve and gascolator that resulted in fuel starvation during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was a lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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