# Accident 20121005026372A: Piper PA-28R-201, Bapchule, AZ, October 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2012, 14:07 local time
- Place: Bapchule, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1031° N, 112.0542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1031&lon=-112.0542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4184M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4184M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,524 total, 4,201 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121005026372A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:07 P.M., N4184M, A PIPER PA-28R-201, AND N811QQ, A PIPER PA-28-161, COLLIDED IN MID-AIR IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN OF BAPCHULE, AZ.  RADAR TAPES RECORDED BY PHOENIX TRACON INDICATE BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4,000' MSL. BOTH AIRCRAFT REMAINED AIRBORNE, WERE CONTROLLABLE, AND WERE ABLE TO FLY UNDER THEIR OWN POWER.  NN4184M PROCEEDED SOUTHWEST AND LANDED AT THE VOLKSWAGEN AUTOMOBILE PROVING GROUND TEST TRACK.  N8115Q PROCEEDED NORTHEAST AND LANDED AT THE MEMORIAL AIRSTRIP, A PRIVATE RUNWAY.THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES IN EITHER AIRCRAFT.  N4184M SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING AND TO THE STABILATOR.  N8115Q SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS RIGHT WING.THE CREWS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE CONDUCTING INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHTS AND THE LEFT SEATS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE OCCUPIED BY STUDENTS WEARING VIEW LIMITING DEVICES.THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N4184M HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE PIC OF N8115Q HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. BOTH PICS POSSESS CURRENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES, CURRENT FLIGHT REVIEW ENDORSEMENTS AND CURRENT  MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.A REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED NO DISCREPANCIES FOR EITHER AIRCRAFT.THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE MID-AIR COLLISION WAS VMC (VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS).  THE AIRSPACE IN WHICH IT OCCURRED IS CLASS E.  NEITHER AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8115Q, Piper PA-28-161: [Accident 20121005026362A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121005026362A)

## 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 WPR13LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA004), Oct 5, 2012: Piper PA-28R-201 (N4184M), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both flight instructors to see and avoid the other airplane while providing instrument flight training, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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