Ryan Navion F N5227K
21 October 1973 · Signal Hill, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 21 October 1973 at about 06:08 local time, a Ryan Navion F registered N5227K was involved in an accident during in flight near Signal Hill, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 06:08
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Signal Hill, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Long Beach Muni
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Ryan Navion F
- Registration
- N5227K
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Long Beach, Calif → Blythe, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3447
People
5 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
IFR DEP TO VFR ON TOP.PLT RPTD"SPATIALLY DISORIENTED"AT 0607.HIT GTE WAREHSE.DMG EST 70000DOLS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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