20150816023142A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · North American Rockwell NA265-60SC · San Diego, CA · August 16, 2015

Date: August 16, 2015 · 11:00 local
Place: San Diego, CA
Airport: Brown Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N442RM
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR15MA243
Reported as: North American Rockwell NA265-60SC
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 4
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total

N442RMRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 2015 · North American Rockwell NA265-60SCS/N 306-073 · Built 1974 Airframe modelNorth American Rockwell NA265-60SC Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT12A-8Turbo-jet

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What happened

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On August 16, 2015 at approximately 1100 hrs pacific time, two aircraft, a Cessna 172, N1285U, and an experimental sabreliner, (sabre 60), N442RM, collided midair approximately 1 mile northeast of browm field municipal airport (sdm), San Diego, California. Two pilots and two mission specialists aboard the sabreliner were fatally injured. The pilot of the Cessna, the sole occupant in the aircraft was fatally injured. The sabreliner was being operated as a public use flight by bae systems technology solutions & services, inc. the Cessna was registered to plus one flyers inc. of San Diego, California and operated by the pilot as a personal flight under the provisions of part 91. Both aircraft were destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at sdm. Both aircraft departed sdm earlier that day. Controllers in the sdm contract air traffic control tower (ATCT) were in contact with both accident aircraft prior to the collision.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 16, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS PACIFIC TIME, TWO AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, N1285U, AND AN EXPERIMENTAL SABRELINER, (SABRE 60), N442RM, COLLIDED MIDAIR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF BROWM FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SDM), SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. TWO PILOTS AND TWO MISSION SPECIALISTS ABOARD THE SABRELINER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA, THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE SABRELINER WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PUBLIC USE FLIGHT BY BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES, INC. THE CESSNA WAS REGISTERED TO PLUS ONE FLYERS INC. OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PART 91. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT SDM. BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SDM EARLIER THAT DAY. CONTROLLERS IN THE SDM CONTRACT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) WERE IN CONTACT WITH BOTH ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE COLLISION.

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 WPR15MA243Accident · 5 fatalMajor investigationFinal reportSan Diego, CAThe local controller's (LC) failure to properly identify the aircraft in the pattern and to ensure control instructions provided to the intended Cessna on downwind were being performed before turning Eagle1 into its path for landing. Contributing to the LC's…Aug 16, 2015 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N1285UCessna 172MAccident 20150816023062A · Destroyed · 1 fatal