- Date
- July 1, 1988, 05:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4179KRyan Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880701027409A
- Case key
- 26050
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Lubricating system,oil line - failure,totalCause
Fluid,oil - starvationCause
Forced landing
Complete gear collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4179K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1179
- Airframe hours
- 3,024
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bryan, Patrick O.
- Registered owner
- Bryan, Patrick O.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Destination
- RDD · Redding, CA
- Airport
- WJF · General Wm J. Fox Field, runway 24, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
N4179KRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Ryan NAVIONAirframe modelRyan NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 304 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.