# Accident 19960601012221A: Frchld KR31, Bartlesville, OK, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 14:12 local time
- Place: Bartlesville, OK
- Airport: Frank Phillips Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7309° N, 96.0705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7309&lon=-96.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7780, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7780-2000-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild KR-31 (registry code 3371402, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-kr-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD KR31
- Reported engine: WRIGHT OX5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 19,660 total, 283 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601012221A

## Narrative

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

BOTH BIPLANES ON BASE LEG. WACO BELOW SUDDENLY MADE PULLUP COLLIDING WITH THE KR31. BOTH CRASHED AND WACO BURNED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N12428, Waco QCF: [Accident 19960601012222A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601012222A)

## 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 FTW96FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA234), Jun 1, 1996: Fairchild KR-31 (N7780), Bartlesville, OK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of each pilot-in-command to maintain visual lookout. Factors were: the lack of each pilot-in-command obtaining/maintaining communication with the control tower, and inadequate lookout by…

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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