# NTSB UNK64X3558: Ryan Navion, N3366G, El Paso, TX, August 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 23, 1964
- Place: El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181891
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3558
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3558

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2603  64/8/23    EL PASO TEX         RYAN NAVION         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6500
        TIME - 0830                    N3366G              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               STATIC: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PILOT PULLED PROP THROUGH WITH IGNITION SWITCH ON, AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3366G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3366G-2014-10-07), registration cancelled 2014-10-07, S/N NAV-4-1716 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION
- Registry model: [Navion NAVION A](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-navion-a) (registry code 6150104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: El Paso Int

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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