# NTSB NYC67A0027: Navion NAV-4, N4364K, Ashuelot, NH, August 15, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1966
- Place: Ashuelot, NH · ASHUELOT, NH
- Location: 42.7776° N, 72.4237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashuelot, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7776&lon=-72.4237&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67A0027
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0027

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0691  66/8/15    ASHUELOT NH         NAVION NAV-4        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2000
        TIME - 1455                    N4364K              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 366 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS                         IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GUY WIRE OF 666 FOOT TV TOWER APPROXIMATELY 480 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND,APP.1447 FT MSL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4364K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4364K-1971-06-01), registration cancelled 1971-06-01, S/N NAV-4-1364 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAV-4
- Registry model: [Ryan NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (registry code 6150160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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.

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