# Incident 20110424009889I: Ryan NAVION A, Fairbanks, AK, April 24, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2011, 12:50 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4827K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4827K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225-4 (registry code 17162, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,181 total, 188 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110424009889I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR ENCOUNTERED A HYDRAULIC FAILURE DURING FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN AN "IN TRANSIENT LIGHT" ILLUMINATING. INSTRUCTOR DID NOT USE FLAPS. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED STRIKING THE PROPELLER. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL POWER BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE GROUND THEN ABRUBTLY FORCING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND AND LOCK, BREAKING THE RIGHT SCISSOR LINK.THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE. THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WAS CASTORING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN A SHORT 180 DEGREE TURN IN THE GRASS AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N4827K (2)

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

- [Accident 20140824015239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140824015239A), Aug 24, 2014: Ryan NAVION A (N4827K), Coldfoot, AK, Substantial damage. N4827K on demand sightseeing tour. Low flying over ground as reported by witnesses. Did not clear ridge through atigan pass. Aircraft impacted ground belly…
- [Accident 19800323032369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800323032369A), Mar 23, 1980: Tmpson NAVIONA (N4827K), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Pilot failed to add sufficient power after balloon on landing. Damage to nose gear, propeller & gear doors.

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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