- Date
- August 21, 1969
- Place
- Ash Meadows, NV · ASH MEADOWS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5255KNavion B
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164302
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2476 69/8/21 ASH MEADOWS,NEV NAVION B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, UNK/NR TIME - 0337 N5255K PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASH MEADOWS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV ASH MEADOWS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPARSE LTG IN AREA. PLT AND PX BOTH HAD BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS OF 0.22 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5255K
- Reported as
- Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ash Meadows
N5255KRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Ryan NAVION BAirframe modelRyan NAVION BEngine modelLycoming GO-435C&D 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.
Other investigations on N5255K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.