- Date
- November 30, 1980
- Place
- Hilton Head, SC · HILTON HEAD, SC
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19801130072912A19801130072911A
- Case key
- 128845
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2323 80/11/30 HILTON HEAD,SC CHAMPION 7FC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 2 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N7516B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 4 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILTON HEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILTON HEAD,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2323 80/11/30 HILTON HEAD,SC PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1000 TIME - 1100 N3242W PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILTON HEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HILTON HEAD,SC PAINESVILLE,OH UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3242W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilton Head
N3242WRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N7516B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilton Head
N7516BRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Champion 7FCAirframe modelChampion 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19801130072912APiper PA32260 · Hilton Head, SCWas struck by another aircraft N7516B while in level flight. Other aircraft on converging course banked into N3242WAccident 19801130072911ABbavia 7FC · Hilton Head, SCTurned into other aircraft N3242W. Both in cruise flight. Were on a converging course.