20031228036511A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Peoria, AZ · December 28, 2003

Date: December 28, 2003 · 13:12 local
Place: Peoria, AZ
Airport: Pleasant Valley Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2094M
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC04FA016
Reported as: Piper J3C65
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total

N2094MRegistration cancelled Dec 6, 2007 · Piper J3C-65S/N 20873 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Witnesses stated the Piper J-3C-65 N2094M was downwind for runway 5L at Pleasant Valley Airport (P-48) at approximately 500 to 600 feet AGL; a schleicher ASK-21 N274KS glider was performing aerobatic maneuvers in a designated active aerobatic box. The tail wing of the Piper J-3C-65 N2094M contacted the glider between the empennage and the main fuselage, severing the empennage forward of the tail section of the ASK-21 N274KS glider. The Piper J-3C-65 had entered an active aerobatic box. Approximately 5 to 6 foot of the Piper J-3C-65 N2094M left outer wing separated from the aircraft, the aircraft impacted the ground in a nose low attitude. No causal factors determined at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WITNESSES STATED THE PIPER J-3C-65 N2094M WAS DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 5L AT PLEASANT VALLEY AIRPORT (P-48) AT APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 600 FEET AGL; A SCHLEICHER ASK-21 N274KS GLIDER WAS PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS IN A DESIGNATED ACTIVE AEROBATIC BOX. THE TAIL WING OF THE PIPER J-3C-65 N2094M CONTACTED THE GLIDER BETWEEN THE EMPENNAGE AND THE MAIN FUSELAGE, SEVERING THE EMPENNAGE FORWARD OF THE TAIL SECTION OF THE ASK-21 N274KS GLIDER. THE PIPER J-3C-65 HAD ENTERED AN ACTIVE AEROBATIC BOX. APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 FOOT OF THE PIPER J-3C-65 N2094M LEFT OUTER WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. NO CAUSAL FACTORS DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ANC04FA016Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportPeoria, AZThe inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both aircraft, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other's aircraft and a subsequent midair collision. A factor associated with the accident was the airplane pilot's failure to determine that…Dec 28, 2003 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

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