Ryan NAVION
170 on the U.S. register. Built from 1946 to 1959; half of them date from 1948 or earlier. California has the most (21). 17% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.
About the NAVION from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Cont Motor E185 Series (111), Cont Motor E225 Series (43), Cont Motor Io-470 Ser (2)
- Seats
- 4
- Cruise speed
- about 126 mph
- Built of
- aluminium
- Maker on the register
- Ryan
- Registered
- earliest certificate April 23, 1969; newest September 14, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Who owns them registrant type
By owner type, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | 117 | 69% |
| Co-owned | 24 | 14% |
| LLC | 17 | 10% |
| Corporation | 10 | 6% |
| Partnership | 2 | 1% |
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVION | 170 | 1946 to 1959 | 100.0% |
When they were built by decade · 40 with no year on file
Registration status
Airworthiness certificate class
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Northwest Navion INC2Navion Customs LLC2Whiskey Bravo LLC1USA Aircraft Leasing LLC1Southwest Plane Holdings LLC1Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee1Silver Wings Trading LLC1Pacific Coast Air Museum1Next Aviation LLC1Navion Aviation LLC1Naviation LLC1Mmj Group LLC1
Largest fleets, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Northwest Navion INC | 2 |
| Navion Customs LLC | 2 |
| Whiskey Bravo LLC | 1 |
| USA Aircraft Leasing LLC | 1 |
| Southwest Plane Holdings LLC | 1 |
| Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee | 1 |
| Silver Wings Trading LLC | 1 |
| Pacific Coast Air Museum | 1 |
| Next Aviation LLC | 1 |
| Navion Aviation LLC | 1 |
| Naviation LLC | 1 |
| Mmj Group LLC | 1 |
Fleet pages: Northwest Navion INC · USA Aircraft Leasing LLC · Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee · Pacific Coast Air Museum
Accident history NTSB records · 37 cases since 1982, 5 fatal
2026-06-23WPR26LA229 · NAVION N4583K · accident near Bismarck, MO · minor injuries
2021-07-29ERA21FA308 · NAVION N114ST · accident near Pensacola, FL · serious injuries
2019-07-27CEN19LA251 · NAVION N27AW · accident near Chicago, IL · no injuries
2018-07-17WPR18FA198 · NAVION N5329K · accident near Truckee, CA · 2 killed
2018-05-21WPR18LA144 · NAVION N4356K · accident near Jasper, AL · no injuries
2017-02-26ERA17FA115 · NAVION N4529K · accident near Westhampton Beach, NY · 2 killed
2016-11-20ERA17FA052 · NAVION N4976K · accident near New Gretna, NJ · 1 killed
2016-09-27ERA16LA333 · NAVION N5327K · accident near Hurt, VA · no injuries
The 8 most recent of 37 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Ryan NAVION aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
170 as of October 23, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Ryan NAVIONs?
California, with 21.
Who owns the Ryan NAVION?
17% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.
When were the Ryan NAVIONs on the register built?
Between 1946 and 1959; half of them in 1948 or earlier.
How many Ryan NAVION accidents has the NTSB recorded?
37 accidents and incidents since 1982, 5 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.
What is the Ryan NAVION made of?
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Ryan NAVION the component layer
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 2007, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 0.6 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine.
Failure reports 1 since 2007 · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 07 | 1 |
By system
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Transmitter | 1 |
Latest reports
2007-09-19Transmitter: unreliable · engine
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how the NAVION links to the rest of the register
Design
- Ryan 367 aircraft on the register
- Ryan NAVION 170 registered
- Type certificate A-782 · held by Sierra Hotel Aero INC
- Built of aluminium
Engines
- Continental E185 series 111 of these aircraft · 205 hp
- Continental E225 series 43 of these aircraft · 225 hp
- Continental IO-470 series 4 of these aircraft · 260 hp
- Continental IO-520 series 2 of these aircraft · 285 hp
- Lycoming GO-435C&D series 1 of these aircraft · 260 hp
Where they are
- California 21 of these aircraft
- Texas 18 of these aircraft
- Ohio 16 of these aircraft
- Washington 14 of these aircraft
- Illinois 6 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
- Northwest Navion INC 2 of these aircraft
- Navion Customs LLC 2 of these aircraft
- Whiskey Bravo LLC 1 of these aircraft
- USA Aircraft Leasing LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Southwest Plane Holdings LLC 1 of these aircraft
Record
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the NAVION 37 cases since 1982 · 5 fatal
Airworthiness
- Failure reports filed on the NAVION 1 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/ryan/navion.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 170
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N4356K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2026-09-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4281K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2026-07-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4453K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2026-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4858K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-04-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4339K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2026-04-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4584K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2026-04-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4509K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4559K | Ryan NAVION |
USA Aircraft Leasing LLC Hayden, Idaho |
Standard | 2026-02-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4574K | Ryan NAVION |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4386K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2026-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4288K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4599K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4336K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2025-09-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8517H | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2025-09-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4821K | Ryan NAVION |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2025-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4472K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2025-07-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4188K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2025-05-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4169K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2025-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4145K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4825K | Ryan NAVION |
Acme Aero LLC Lewes, Delaware |
Standard | 2025-04-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4255K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2025-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4251K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-09-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N301 | Ryan NAVION |
Southwest Plane Holdings LLC Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2024-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4847K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4289K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-07-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4567K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Utah |
Standard | 2024-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4866K | Ryan NAVION |
Navion Aviation LLC Littleton, Colorado |
Standard | 2024-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4450K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2024-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4421K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Wyoming |
Standard | 2024-01-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5109K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-01-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4890K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-09-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4357K | Ryan NAVION |
American Airpower Heritage Foundation of Nm Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Standard | 2023-08-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4496K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2023-07-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4449K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-05-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4977K | Ryan NAVION |
Kbld LLC Buchanan, Michigan |
None on file | 2023-05-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4923K | Ryan NAVION |
Klark Holdings CORP Bellefontaine, Ohio |
Standard | 2023-05-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4139K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2023-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N109DS | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-04-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4355K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-03-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4455K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8870H | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4545K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-02-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5356K | Ryan NAVION |
Amped Aviation LLC Philipsburg, Montana |
Standard | 2023-02-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4183K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-02-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N733M | Ryan NAVION |
Whiskey Bravo LLC Garden City, Idaho |
Standard | 2023-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4557K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4469K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2022-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8757H | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Oregon |
Standard | 2022-10-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4597K | Ryan NAVION |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2022-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4583K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2022-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4606K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Virginia |
Standard | 2021-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4146K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2021-11-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4435K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Iowa |
Standard | 2021-11-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4132K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2021-08-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8799H | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner New Hampshire |
Standard | 2021-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9TK | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-04-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4338K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2021-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4807K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4443K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Maryland |
Standard | 2021-02-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4342K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2020-12-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4328K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2020-11-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4389K | Ryan NAVION |
Next Aviation LLC Evanston, Illinois |
Standard | 2020-10-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4390K | Ryan NAVION |
Cetacean Visions Films INC Santa Monica, California |
Standard | 2020-10-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91650 | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2020-09-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4411K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2020-09-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8541H | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2020-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4267K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2020-08-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4956K | Ryan NAVION |
Silver Wings Trading LLC Leander, Texas |
Standard | 2020-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N956TD | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2020-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4158K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2020-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4430K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2019-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N46CW | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2019-12-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4623K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2019-11-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4262K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2019-10-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4499K | Ryan NAVION |
Henderson Colin D Norman, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2019-10-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4791K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2019-08-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4417K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2019-07-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4156K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2019-06-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4242K | Ryan NAVION |
Naviation LLC Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2019-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4625K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2019-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4888K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2019-02-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N86PU | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Ohio |
Standard | 2019-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4382K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2018-11-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4317K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2018-10-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4549K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2018-10-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4862K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2018-07-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4130K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2018-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91503 | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2018-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4795K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2018-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8910H | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2018-01-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4135K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2017-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2882D | Ryan NAVION |
Pacific Coast Air Museum Santa Rosa, California |
Standard | 2017-10-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91644 | Ryan NAVION |
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Dallas, Texas |
None on file | 2017-02-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N10133 | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2016-12-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4425K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2016-11-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4403K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2016-11-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4383K | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Connecticut |
None on file | 2016-10-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91723 | Ryan NAVION |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2016-09-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4371K | Ryan NAVION |
Air Group 88 LLC Charlottesville, Virginia |
Standard | 2016-09-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4851K | Ryan NAVION |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2016-08-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |