# Accident 20160925020712A: Cessna 120, North Collins, NY, September 25, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: North Collins, NY
- Airport: Hamburg Inc
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5989° N, 78.8917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5989&lon=-78.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3580V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3580V-2017-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 805 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160925020712A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/25/2016 AT APPROX. 0930 N3580V AND N612FL WERE INVOLVED IN A MID AIR COLLISION OVER NORTH COLLINS NY (42° 36'1"N, 78° 53'48"W). THE COLLISION SEVERED THE TAIL SECTION OF N3580V AND

4 FT. OF THE LEFT WING OF N612FL. BOTH AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEARBY RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF EACH AIRCRAFT. THE TWO AIRCRAFT HAD JUST DEPARTED HAMBURG AIRPORT (4G2)ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 172° ENROUTE TO ST. MARYS PA (OYM).

## Other aircraft in the event

- N612FL, Piper PA-28-140: [Accident 20160925020642A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160925020642A)

## 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 ERA16FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA324), Sep 25, 2016: Cessna 120 (N3580V), North Collins, NY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the second airplane's pilot to see and avoid the first airplane as he was overtaking the first airplane.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.