# Accident 19981112031641A: Cessna A185F, Yerington, NV, November 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1998, 10:43 local time
- Place: Yerington, NV
- Airport: Yerington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8697° N, 119.1399° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8697&lon=-119.1399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204D-2000-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 24,723 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981112031641A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 12, 1998, AT 1043 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150L, N19281, COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA A185F, N204D, WHILE BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE YERINGTON, NEVADA, AIRPORT. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED. THE TWO OCCUPANTS IN N19281 AND THE SINGLE OCCUPANT IN N204D ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WERE BEING OPERATED BY THEIR PILOT/OWNERS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BOTH FLIGHTS HAD ORIGINATED FROM THE YERINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLANS WERE FILED. (.4)THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE WAS OBSERVED BY AIRBORNE AND GROUND WITNESSES.  BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 19.  N19281, A CESSNA 150L, DEPARTED FIRST AND MADE A SLIGHT DOG-LEG TO THE RIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LOCAL NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE.  N204D, A CESSNA A185F, DEPARTED NEXT AND PROCEEDED STRAIGHT OUT ON THE UPWIND LEG.  THE 150 WAS IN A CROSSWIND TURN AS THE 185 BEGAN TO CLOSE IN FROM THE 150'S 7 O'CLOCK POSITION.  THE 150 WAS ALREADY IN A LEFT TURN TO DOWNWIND AS THE 185 BEGAN A LEFT CROSSWIND TURN.  THE 185, THE FASTER OF THE TWO, TURNED INSIDE AND CONTINUED IN 180-DEGREE CROSSWIND TUR          N UNTIL CATCHING UP AND COLLIDING WITH N19281. N204D STRUCK THE EMPENNAGE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR OF N19283 WITH ITS PROPELLER AND LEFT WING, DISINTEGRATING THE EMPENNAGE.  COMPARISON OF THE MARKS AND DAMAGE ON BOTH AIRCRAFT CONFIRMED THE WITNESS OBSERVATIONS OF THE COLLISION. THE RADIO IN N19281 WAS FOUND IN THE 'ON' POSITION AND WAS TUNED TO THE CTAF FOR THE AIRPORT WHILE THE RADIO IN 204D WAS DESTROYED IN THE COLLISION AND PST IMPACT FIRE.  NO TRANSMISSIONS WERE HEARD ON THE CTAF FROM EITHER AIRCRAFT BY ANY GROUND OR AIRBRONE WITNESS.                                                             (-23) ON NOVEMBER 12, 1998, AT 1043 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150, N19281, COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 185, N204D, WHILE BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE YERINGTON, NEVADA AIRPORT. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED. THE TWO OCCUPANTS IN N19281 AND THE SINGLE OCCUPANT IN N204D ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N19281, Cessna 150L: [Accident 19981112031642A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981112031642A)

## 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 LAX99FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA027), Nov 12, 1998: Cessna A185F (N204D), Yerington, NV, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to see and avoid the aircraft ahead, which was already established in the traffic pattern. The failure of both pilots announce their intentions on the Common Traffic Advisory…

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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