# Accident 19890921035742A: Cessna 172N, Chandler, AZ, September 21, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1989, 09:25 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6277D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6277D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 153 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89FA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA318) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890921035742A

## Narrative

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

DUAL HOOD IFR TRAINING SWA N714VX IN CLIMBING TURN DEAD AHEAD. EVASIVE ACTED BUT RIGHT WING HIT. CRASHED IN FIELD.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N714VX, Cessna 152: [Accident 19890921035741A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890921035741A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX89FA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA318), Sep 21, 1989: Cessna 172N (N6277D), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT'S OF BOTH AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL OUTLOOK FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT.

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.

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