# Accident 19961012032211A: Ensey Joseph Wayne SA-750, Albany, OR, October 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1996, 08:15 local time
- Place: Albany, OR
- Airport: Albany Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6197° N, 123.1292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6197&lon=-123.1292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94WE-2009-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ensey Joseph Wayne SA-750 (registry code 05624ZT, https://openairdocs.org/model/ensey-joseph-wayne-sa-750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total, 140 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961012032211A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING OVERTOOK AND COLLIDED WITH A PLANE THAT WAS ON INITIAL LANDING ROLL. TAILWHEEL BIPLANE IS BLIND FOREWARD

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9579H, Cessna 172M: [Accident 19961012032212A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961012032212A)

## 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 SEA97LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA014), Oct 12, 1996: Ensey SA-750 (Acroduster) (N94WE), Albany, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the SA-750 pilot to see-and-avoid the Cessna 172, which had landed ahead of him on the same runway. The inherent visual restrictions of the SA-750 (a tandem two-place biplane) was a…

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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