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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150F · Pineville, LA · October 10, 2009

Date: October 10, 2009 · 14:30 local
Place: Pineville, LA
Airport: Pineville Municipal
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N8642S
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN10FA011
Reported as: Cessna 150F
Reported engine: Continental O200*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total850 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N8642SRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Cessna 150FS/N 15061942 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 150F Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This aircraft (hereafter referred to as the lead 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.

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRCRAFT (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE LEAD 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.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN10FA011Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportAlexandria, LAFailure 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 training.Oct 10, 2009 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8642S · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19960302012179AIdling Engines · Jasper, TXPerson walking around aircraft to embark was struck by the idling propeller. Not cautioned by pilot to avoid same.Mar 2, 1996