# Accident 19961224040151A: Piper PA28140, San Diego, CA, December 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1996, 11:33 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8006° N, 117.1292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8006&lon=-117.1292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N943R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N943R-1998-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961224040151A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL OVERTOOK AND COLLIDED WITH N68137 A 150 BOTH ON FIANL FOR PARALLEL RWYS. 943R CRASHED. 68137 LANDED SAFELY

## 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 LAX97FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA075), Dec 24, 1996: Piper PA-28-140 (N943R), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command of the Piper PA-28, N943R, to maintain an adequate visual lookout to see and avoid the Cessna 150, N63137. A factor in the accident was the failure of the air…

## Other reports on N943R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890708037509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890708037509I), Jul 8, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N943R), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Hit wires on approach. Unaware of circumstances till impact. Burn marks on prop. Antenna gone.

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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