20031228036512A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Schler ASK-21 · Peoria, AZ · December 28, 2003

Date: December 28, 2003 · 13:12 local
Place: Peoria, AZ
Airport: Pleasant Valley Airport
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N274KS
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC04FA016
Reported as: Schler ASK21
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total

N274KSRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2005 · Schleicher ASK-21S/N 21195 · Built 1983 Airframe modelSchleicher ASK-21 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

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(-23) Witness statements indicate N2094M, a Piper J3C-65, took off from runway 5L at P48 and remained in left-closed traffic in a southwest direction. N274KS, a schleicher ASK-21 glider was performing aerobatic flight in an aerobatic box, located at the airport, with a passenger to the northwest of runway 5L. These aircraft collided northwest of P48 at about 1312 local time. At the time of impact, the Piper was established on downwind at approximately 600 feet AGL. Witness statements indicated the glider was completing a cloverleaf maneuver and was nose down when the tail cone of the glider contacted the left wing of the Piper. The tail section of the glider and approximately 5-6 feet of the Piper's left wing separated. Subsequently, witnesses stated both aircraft entered uncontolled descent and each aircraft impacted the ground northwest of the airport. Occupants of both aircraft sustained fatal injuries. No causal factors are known at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE N2094M, A PIPER J3C-65, TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 5L AT P48 AND REMAINED IN LEFT-CLOSED TRAFFIC IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. N274KS, A SCHLEICHER ASK-21 GLIDER WAS PERFORMING AEROBATIC FLIGHT IN AN AEROBATIC BOX, LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT, WITH A PASSENGER TO THE NORTHWEST OF RUNWAY 5L. THESE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED NORTHWEST OF P48 AT ABOUT 1312 LOCAL TIME. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE PIPER WAS ESTABLISHED ON DOWNWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AGL. WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATED THE GLIDER WAS COMPLETING A CLOVERLEAF MANEUVER AND WAS NOSE DOWN WHEN THE TAIL CONE OF THE GLIDER CONTACTED THE LEFT WING OF THE PIPER. THE TAIL SECTION OF THE GLIDER AND APPROXIMATELY 5-6 FEET OF THE PIPER'S LEFT WING SEPARATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, WITNESSES STATED BOTH AIRCRAFT ENTERED UNCONTOLLED DESCENT AND EACH AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. OCCUPANTS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. NO CAUSAL FACTORS ARE KNOWN 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.

N2094MPiper J3C65Accident 20031228036511A · Destroyed · 2 fatal