- Date
- March 2, 1980
- Place
- Wrightwood, CA · WRIGHTWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4235KRyan Navion
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800302005329A
- Case key
- 131861
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0285 80/3/2 NR.WRIGHTWOOD,CA RYAN NAVION CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 15000 TIME - 1818 N4235K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CA RAMONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SLEET, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 14 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 100 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED SVR DWNDFT AT 9700FT MSL.FLT NOT RCMDD FOR RTE & ALT.HIT MTN 7900FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4235K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4235KRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Ryan NAVIONAirframe modelRyan NAVIONEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4235K · 1
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