# Accident 20140927017402A: Kevin D'Angelo SEAREY, Alden, NY, September 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2014, 10:25 local time
- Place: Alden, NY
- Airport: Buffalo-Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8983° N, 78.5806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8983&lon=-78.5806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89KD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KEVIN D'ANGELO SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914 (SERIES)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,272 total, 860 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA459) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140927017402A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WERE PARTICIPATING IN AN EAA SPONSORED YOUNG EAGLES EVENT OUT OF KBQR. N9679H, A CE-172 HAD OVERTAKEN N89KD, AN EXPERIMENTAL SEAREY, STRIKING THE RIGHT SIDE WITH ITS PROPELLER. N89KD SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE EMPENNAGE. N89KD WAS ABLE TO LAND IN A FIELD USING ENGINE POWER TO CONTROL PITCH. N9679H IMMEDIATELY HEADED TO THE GROUND NOSE FIRST IN A SLOW SPIRAL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6979H, Cessna 172M: no report for this aircraft; [N6979H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6979H) is registered now

## 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 ERA14FA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA459), Sep 27, 2014: Kevin D'Angelo Searey (N89KD), Lancaster, NY, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The other airplane pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout for known traffic in the fly-in event traffic pattern, 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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