# Accident 19870522015471A: Nortrp T38A, Tehachapi, CA, May 22, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1987, 10:58 local time
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1430° N, 118.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tehachapi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1430&lon=-118.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: 2MIL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NORTRP T38A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,246 total, 170 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870522015471A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLYING IN MOA OVERTOOK AND COLLIDED WITH N2520X THAT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT MAKING HIGHWAY SURVEY. ON ATC SCOPE NORDO.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2520X, Cessna P206: [Accident 19870522015472A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870522015472A)

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.