NTSB CEN25LA032 — 2024-10-19 · Belleville, Illinois, United States

Current FAA registration · N2341

Make / Model: RYAN NAVION A
Year of manufacture: 1948 · 76 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)
Seats / Engines: 5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19640611
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A219D7

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2341 Ryan NAVION A None

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the takeoff.

Factual narrative

An airport surveillance video showed the airplane in a takeoff roll become airborne in a nose-high attitude, settle back down to the runway, and bounce hard on the main landing gear. The airplane went through this cycle twice and on the final bounce, the right wheel separated from the airplane and the left horizontal stabilizer struck the ground, which resulted in substantial damage. Attempts were made to contact the pilot for a statement, and a National Transportation Safety Board Form 6120.1 Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report was mailed to the pilot’s address via certified mail. The pilot did not return phone calls, and the accident report form was returned as “undeliverable.” An examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operations. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-(general)-(general)-Not attained/maintained
— Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_CEN25LA032.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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