# NTSB LAX80DUG22: Ryan Navion, N4235K, Wrightwood, CA, March 2, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: March 2, 1980
- Place: Wrightwood, CA · WRIGHTWOOD, CA
- Location: 34.3437° N, 117.6309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrightwood, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3437&lon=-117.6309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131861
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80DUG22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUG22

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4235K-2012-06-14), registration cancelled 2012-06-14, S/N NAV-4-1235, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION
- Registry model: [Ryan NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (registry code 6150160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800302005329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800302005329A), Mar 2, 1980: Tmpson NAVION/, Wrightwood, CA, Destroyed. Flew into mountain area of low clouds, heavy blowing snow and downdrafts. Hit trees on mountainside.

## Other investigations on N4235K (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 UNK64X3432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3432), Aug 16, 1964: Navion B (N4235K), Thermol, CA, destroyed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.