- Date
- November 19, 1988, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5422KRyan Navion B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881119051429A
- Case key
- 32362
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that drg flt, the eng lost power & he was unable to restart it. Drg a forced landing in a field, the acft struck three cows that were in a ravine & moved in front of the acft as it was apchg to land. A post acdnt exam of the acft revealed there was water & other contamination in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5422K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-2322B
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vogan, W.C.
- Registered owner
- W.C. Vogan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FPR · Fort Pierce, FL
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 179 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 10 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.