What happened
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(-23) Per NTSB report MIA03FA007A: on October 27, 2002, about 1330 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172M, N9840V, registered to power systems ltd, inc., and operated by American flying club inc. as a title 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight, and a Cessna 172N, N6101F, registered to a private individual, and operated by airborne systems inc., as a title 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight, collided while in cruise flight in coral springs, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plans were filed for either flight. N9840V was destroyed, and the private-rated dual student and the commercial-rated flight instructor in N9840V received fatal injuries. N6101F incurred substantial damage, and the private-rated dual student and the commercial-rated flight instructor in N6101F received no injuries. Both flights originated from fort Lauderdale executive airport, fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same day, about 1245. According to the dual student in N6101F, he and his flight instructor had been flying in the practice area west of fort Lauderdale, Florida, and they had performed "8'S on pylons and lazy 8'S", as part of the commercial manuevers training in pursuit of an FAA commercial pilot certificate. The student said he was the pilot flying N6101F, and they were proceeding southeast bound at an altitude of 2,000 feet, on a 120-degree magnetic bearing to the "wsbr 740 am radio tower. As they neared the "740 tower", he said they were receiving needle fluctuations on N6101F'S adf indicator, indicative of them being very close to the tower, when all of a sudden, an airplane appeared very close, in the right corner of their airplane's windshield, having come from behind the blind spot created by their airplane's right wing. He said it looked as if the pilot of the other airplane saw them about the same time, and thinks that both he and the other pilot immediately initiated right turns in an attempt to avoid the other. The student further stated that as he initiated the right turn, the other airplane appeared to effectively travel across his airplane's wind shield from right to left, remaining just above the glare shield covering his airplane's instrument panel. He said he then felt the impact of his airplane's left wing colliding with some portion of the other airplane, and his airplane "tumbled", and entered a spin to the left. During the spin, he said he saw another airplane about 250 to 300 feet below him, and it appeared to be inverted. The instructor took control of N6101F from the student, made emergency communication transmissions to advise others of the situation, and affected an emergency landing to a dirt road paralleling the then busy sawgrass expressway. The other airplane in the collision, N9840V impacted a dirt road in a rock quarry in the vicinity of the loxahatchee national wildlife refuge, in unincorporated palm beach county, and was destroyed on impact.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PER NTSB REPORT MIA03FA007A: ON OCTOBER 27, 2002, ABOUT 1330 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N9840V, REGISTERED TO POWER SYSTEMS LTD, INC., AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN FLYING CLUB INC. AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, AND A CESSNA 172N, N6101F, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AND OPERATED BY AIRBORNE SYSTEMS INC., AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT IN CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLANS WERE FILED FOR EITHER FLIGHT. N9840V WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PRIVATE-RATED DUAL STUDENT AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN N9840V RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. N6101F INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE-RATED DUAL STUDENT AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN N6101F RECEIVED NO INJURIES. BOTH FLIGHTS ORIGINATED FROM FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1245. ACCORDING TO THE DUAL STUDENT IN N6101F, HE AND HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD BEEN FLYING IN THE PRACTICE AREA WEST OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AND THEY HAD PERFORMED "8'S ON PYLONS AND LAZY 8'S", AS PART OF THE COMMERCIAL MANUEVERS TRAINING IN PURSUIT OF AN FAA COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE STUDENT SAID HE WAS THE PILOT FLYING N6101F, AND THEY WERE PROCEEDING SOUTHEAST BOUND AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2,000 FEET, ON A 120-DEGREE MAGNETIC BEARING TO THE "WSBR 740 AM RADIO TOWER. AS THEY NEARED THE "740 TOWER", HE SAID THEY WERE RECEIVING NEEDLE FLUCTUATIONS ON N6101F'S ADF INDICATOR, INDICATIVE OF THEM BEING VERY CLOSE TO THE TOWER, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, AN AIRPLANE APPEARED VERY CLOSE, IN THE RIGHT CORNER OF THEIR AIRPLANE'S WINDSHIELD, HAVING COME FROM BEHIND THE BLIND SPOT CREATED BY THEIR AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING. HE SAID IT LOOKED AS IF THE PILOT OF THE OTHER AIRPLANE SAW THEM ABOUT THE SAME TIME, AND THINKS THAT BOTH HE AND THE OTHER PILOT IMMEDIATELY INITIATED RIGHT TURNS IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE OTHER. THE STUDENT FURTHER STATED THAT AS HE INITIATED THE RIGHT TURN, THE OTHER AIRPLANE APPEARED TO EFFECTIVELY TRAVEL ACROSS HIS AIRPLANE'S WIND SHIELD FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, REMAINING JUST ABOVE THE GLARE SHIELD COVERING HIS AIRPLANE'S INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE SAID HE THEN FELT THE IMPACT OF HIS AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING COLLIDING WITH SOME PORTION OF THE OTHER AIRPLANE, AND HIS AIRPLANE "TUMBLED", AND ENTERED A SPIN TO THE LEFT. DURING THE SPIN, HE SAID HE SAW ANOTHER AIRPLANE ABOUT 250 TO 300 FEET BELOW HIM, AND IT APPEARED TO BE INVERTED. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF N6101F FROM THE STUDENT, MADE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSIONS TO ADVISE OTHERS OF THE SITUATION, AND AFFECTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A DIRT ROAD PARALLELING THE THEN BUSY SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY. THE OTHER AIRPLANE IN THE COLLISION, N9840V IMPACTED A DIRT ROAD IN A ROCK QUARRY IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, IN UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT.
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