# NTSB investigations, 1987: Midair collision

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX88FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA071.md): Beech A35 · Chino Hills, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 19, 1987 · N675B · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > Failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other and thus avert the collision.
- [NTSB MIA88LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA057.md): Beech E-18S · Natchez, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 9, 1987 · N24JE · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The two acft were registered to the same person & the pilots were friends of each other. The acft departed from the same airport at about the same time & were bound for the same destination on an IFR flt plan, N24JE at 8000 ft, N492DM at 4000 ft. later both…
- [NTSB BFO88LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA006.md): Cessna U-206 · Front Royal, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 1987 · N756KP · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The aircraft was involved in a midair collision with N756KP, a Cessna U206 aircraft, while both aircraft were on the final approach to runway 27 at the uncontrolled Front Royal, VA airport. Excellent VFR weather prevailed with 15 miles visibility reported.…
- [NTSB NYC88LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA012.md): Cessna 172P · Bedford, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 1987 · N97313 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > A Cessna 172, N97313, and a Beech C23, N6718Z, collided in flt as the plts of both acft were arriving to land on rwy 11 at hanscom field. The Cessna plt had planned to land at beverly, MA, but diverted to hansom field due to wx. The Cessna was in a left turn…
- [NTSB DEN88LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA010.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1987 · N36988 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Two balloons, a rally and a firefly, collided in flight during the Albuquerque international Balloon fiesta. The pilot of the firely was climbing at approximately 300 feet per minute when his envelope contacted the basket of the rally. The pilot of the rally…
- [NTSB MIA87FA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA250.md): Commonwealth 185 · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 19, 1987 · N92919 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The pilot of the Commonwealth erroneously reported his positon to the tower for landing instructions. He then failed to follow the instructions and collided with a Beech 23 acft that was on downwind to land at albert whitted airport. Both aircraft involved in…
- [NTSB MIA87FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA236.md): Cessna 152 · Opa Locka, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1987 · N48864 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > A student plt & instructor (CFI) in Cessna 152, N48864, took off & entered rgt traffic to practice lndgs on rwy 9R. Soonthereafter, a helicopter plt (h/p) in a bell 47G-2, N6728D, took off & entered rgt traffic to practice lndgs in a desig-nated helicopter…
- [NTSB FTW87FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA206.md): Cessna U206G · Lissie, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1987 · N4745U · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The Piper aircraft, N1038U, departed from runway 32 at the municipal airport, wharton, Texas, on a northbound flight, about two minutes after the Cessna aircraft, N4745U. About 10 minutes later the two aircraft experienced a mid-air collision about 16…
- [NTSB SEA87FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA162.md): Hughes 369D · Ketchikan, AK · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1987 · N58318 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > N58318 (Hughes 369, under contract with us geological survey) was inbnd fm se to lnd at Ketchikan-temsco heliport (6Z4) as N73WS (Cessna 185 amphibian) was depg se fm Ketchikan intl arpt (ktn). Ktn & 6Z4 were located in tongass narrows withmtns NE & sw. Rprtd…
- [NTSB LAX87FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA296.md): Cessna 152 · Palo Alto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1987 · N152SC · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > A midair collision occurred abt 2.8 mi west of Palo Alto arpt (pao) as Cessna 152, N152SC, was on a left x-wnd dep fm rwy 30 & Mooney 20J, N5201Y was transitting the arpt traffic area (ata) fm se to NE & dscndg fm 2400' to 1500'. N152SC was on twr freq.…
- [NTSB LAX87FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA290.md): de Havilland DHC-6 · Palmdale, CA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1987 · N931MA · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > A Dehavilland DHC-6, N931MA, operating as transworld express flt 7591 (twe 7591) & a Cessna 172N, N737EV, collided abt 10 miles west/southwest of Palmdale, CA at abt 5500 ft MSL. Twe 7591 was descending on a 355 deg mag heading; N737EV was level and was…
- [NTSB CHI87LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA167.md): Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Springfield, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1987 · N1505F · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > Two hot air balloons were involved in a midair collision during a sanctioned Balloon competition. N40363 was able to retain control and landed uneventfully. N1505F partially deflated and descended out of control to the ground. Witnesses stated that N40363 was…
- [NTSB LAX87LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA224.md): Bellanca 7KCAB · Fremont, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 30, 1987 · N88314 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > While on final apch to lnd on rwy 28, a glider (Schweizer sgs 2-32, N242DB) & a tow plane (Bellanca 7KCAB, N88314) collided in flt at an alt of about 200' AGL. The tow plane was returning fm a LCL tow mission & the glider was returningfm a LCL sightseeing…
- [NTSB SEA87FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA100.md): Cessna 172 · Ritzville, WA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 24, 1987 · N5711A · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > Occupants of both acft were family members traveling in company for holiday. Takeoff was about one min apart with N44726 in trail. Due higher norm crz performance, N44726 overtook N5711A. Plt of N44726 reduced speed and established position about 1/2 mile to…
- [NTSB LAX87FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA213.md): Cessna P206 · Tehachapi, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 22, 1987 · N2520X · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > An USAF T-38 aircraft and a Cessna 206 aircraft collided in mid-air during visual flight operations in a military operations area. Radar data revealed that the overtaking T-38 collided with the Cessna 206 from the right. The Cessna was on a local government…
- [NTSB MIA87FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA153.md): Cessna 152 · Lantana, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 2, 1987 · N152LG · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The plt stated that he was at 60 KTS. With full flaps & just about to flare when somthing forced the nose down. He then pulled back on the controls, hit the ground, veered off the left side of the runway & collided with a C152 that was holding for takeoff,…
- [NTSB DCA87MA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA029.md): Cessna 340A · Orlando, FL · Accident · 4 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · May 1, 1987 · N8716K · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The two acft, a Cessna 340A and a north American SNJ-4, collided in flt at aprx 3000 ft MSL over Orlando FL in VMC with a visibility of 7 miles. Both acft were in contact with and being radar vectored by Orlando approach control. The C-340 was in level flt…
- [NTSB ATL87FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA130.md): Cessna 182R · Kennesaw, GA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 1987 · N5511N · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > N5511N was in the traffic pattern at cobb county airport-mc collum field and was near the turning point from crosswind to dwnd when it was struck by N52995. N52995 was making a straight-in entry into the downwind leg of the traffic pattern from the west with…
- [NTSB DEN87FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA091.md): Grumman G-164A · Lamar, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1987 · N8369 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The aircraft had completed a formation aerial application operation and were in the process of single airplane spraying around the perimeters of a field. They collided at 10 feet above the ground on perpendicular flight paths, descended out of control and…
- [NTSB DCA87MA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA023.md): Cessna 172N · Oakland, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Mar 31, 1987 · N75584 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > At 0954:54, plt of Piper PA-32RT, N39614, rprtd 9 mi north for lndg. Twr controller (north ctlr) told him to pln for a rgt entry to rwy 27R. At 0955:32, a student plt & instructor (CFI) in Cessna 172N, N75584, were clrd for tkof on rwy 33 with a 'right turn…
- [NTSB BFO87LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA028.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Dover, DE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1987 · N5216Y · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
  > The rockwell was in level flight at 2800 ft and the Piper was climbing when midair collision occurred. Neither acft was operating under ATC. Neither plt saw the otr acft before the collision occurred. The bottom of the rockwell cabin and the left tiptank of…
- [NTSB NYC87FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA098.md): Cessna 402 · Montgomery, NY · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 26, 1987 · N36139 · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > Both acft were operating under visual flight rules in the vicinity of active airports. The Cessna 402 was in a cruise descent. The decathlon was in level flight. Neither pilot in the 402 recalls seeing the decathlon, which was struck on the rt wing. The…
- [NTSB NYC87FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA061.md): Piper PA-32-260 · Westerly, RI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1987 · N3293W · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The Piper PA-32-260 was taking off from an uncontrolled airport and making a left downwind departure. A second aircraft, a Piper PA-28-181 was transiting the area 1 mile south of the airport an an altitude of 1500 ft AGL. The PA-28-181 saw the PA-32-260 just…
- [NTSB DCA87MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA020.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Independence, MO · Accident · 6 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jan 20, 1987 · N60SE · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The two acft, a Beech U-21A and a Piper PA-31-350, collided nearly head on at 7000 ft MSL over Independence, MO. In daylight VMC conditions with a visibility of 20 miles. The U-21 was in level cruise and the PA-31 was climbing eastbound to an undisclosed alt…
- [NTSB DCA87MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA018.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Kearns, UT · Accident · 10 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Jan 15, 1987 · N163SW · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The two acft, a Swearingen SA-226TC and a Mooney M-20, collided in flt at aprx 7000 ft MSL in the salt lake city arpt (slc) radar service area over Kearns, UT. The SA-226 was approaching slc for lndg and the M-20 was conducting a local trng flt when the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 270)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=270&year=1987

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