# Accident 20091010021432A: Cessna 150F, Pineville, LA, October 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Pineville, LA
- Airport: Pineville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2799° N, 92.5510° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2799&lon=-92.5510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8072F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8072F-2010-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 886 total, 500 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091010021432A

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE SECOND AIRCRAFT) IS ONE OF TWO AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION. THE TWO WERE PERFORMING A FORMATION FLIGHT, "LOW FLY-BY" OF THE RUNWAY AT THE PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA AIRPORT DURING AN EAA FLY IN.  UPON A RIGHT TURN OUT AT THE END OF THE FLYBY, A MISCOMMUNICATION OCCURED BETWEEN THE PILOTS OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEAD AIRPLANE OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT FORMATION FLIGHT TURNING HARD RIGHT, CAUSING THE SECOND AIRCRAFT, IN THE 5 O'CLOCK POSITION RELATIVE TO THE LEAD AIRCRAFT, TO FLY DIRECTLY INTO THE LEAD AIRCRAFT, CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT HAND WING AN SEVERING THE TAIL OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT.  BOTH AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA, WITH TWO FATALATIES IN THE LEAD AIRCRAFT, AND SERIOUS INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SECOND, TRAILING AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN10FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA011), Oct 10, 2009: Cessna 150F (N8072F), Alexandria, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the wingman to maintain proper separation from the lead airplane during formation maneuvers. Contributing to the accident was lead's abrupt right bank and both pilots' lack of formation…

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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