# Accident 20091010021441A: 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, first 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: N8642S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8642S-2013-05-15) (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*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 850 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/20091010021441A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 (N8642S), 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…

## Other reports on N8642S (1)

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

- [Accident 19960302012179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960302012179A), Mar 2, 1996: Cessna 150F (N8642S), Jasper, TX. Person walking around aircraft to embark was struck by the idling propeller. Not cautioned by pilot to avoid same.

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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