# Accident 19991107047602A: Cessna TU206F, Longmont, CO, November 7, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1702° N, 105.2110° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1702&lon=-105.2110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8758Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8758Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,502 total, 725 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107047602A

## Narrative

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

(.4) N6158T AND N8758Q WERE BOTH MANEUVERING 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT AT 6,100 FEET MSL WHILE WAITING FOR A BREAK IN TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT OF N6158T OBSERVED N8758Q TO HIS RIGHT WITH THEIR FLIGHT PATHS CONVERGING.  HE BANKED TO THE LEFT, AND THE TWO AIRCRAFT THEN MADE CONTACT.  BOTH AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  N8758Q SUSTAINED MINOR WINGTIP DAMAGE; HOWEVER, A RIB IN THE LEFT WINGTIP OF N6158T WAS BENT.  ACCORDING TO FAR PART 91.113 (B), 'WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS PERMIT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER AN OPERATION IS CONDUCTED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES OR VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, VIGILANCE SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY EACH PERSON OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT SO AS TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT.'  SUBPART (D) STATES, 'WHEN AIRCRAFT OF THE SAME CATEGORY ARE CONVERGING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ALTITUDE (EXCEPT HEAD-ON, OR NEARLY SO), THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OTHER'S RIGHT HAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.'                                              (-23) THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT OF CESSNA 206, N8758Q, WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT APPROACHING VANCE BRAND AIRPORT, LONGMONT, CO (2V2). ON THE APPROACH AND ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT HE ENCOUNTERED A MIDAIR COLLISIO N WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, CESSNA 150, N6158T, WHICH WAS OCCUPIED WITH A PRIVATE RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. BOTH AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CE-206 LEFT WING TIP AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CE-150 LEFT WING TIP AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS OR PASSENGER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6158T, Cessna 150E: [Accident 19991107047601A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107047601A)

## 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 DEN00LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA016), Nov 7, 1999: Cessna TU206F (N8758Q), Longmont, CO, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the other aircraft's failure to follow right-of-way VFR procedures and inadequate visual lookout.

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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