# NTSB UNK64X1495: Navion, N4216K, Jackson, MI, April 28, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 28, 1964
- Place: Jackson, MI · JACKSON, MI
- Location: 42.2434° N, 84.4049° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2434&lon=-84.4049&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1495
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1495

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1064  64/4/28    JACKSON MICH        NAVION              CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 195
        TIME - 1615                    N4216K              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - REYNOLDS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- FAILURE OF NOSE WHEEL STEARING TUBE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4216K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4216K-1976-02-16), registration cancelled 1976-02-16, S/N NAV-4-1216, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION
- Registry model: [Ryan NAVION NAV 4](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-nav-4) (registry code 6150179) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Reynolds

## Other investigations on N4216K (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI76FEC18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC18), Dec 27, 1975: Ryan Navion (N4216K), Jackson, MI, 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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