- Date
- September 22, 1984, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Milpitas, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4908KRyan-Navion NAV-4-1908
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840922050489A
- Case key
- 24407
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a forced landing immediately after takeoff when the engine quit at about 220 ft AGL. The acft was landed in a garbage dump. Post accident investigation revealed no discrepancies in the acft to account for the engine stoppage. The reported temperature was 73 degrees f and the dew point was 50 degrees f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4908K
- Reported as
- Ryan-Navion NAV-4-1908
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1908
- Airframe hours
- 3,366
- Engine
- Continental E-225, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald S. Hern
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Q59 · Fremont, CA
- Destination
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Airport
- Q59 · Fremont Ca, runway 31, 2,310 × ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 354 total · 153 in this make and model · 283 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.