- Date
- June 25, 1981
- Place
- Tifton, GA · TIFTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71658Luscombe 8AN8266ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19810625036292A19810625036291A
- Case key
- 125160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1894 81/6/25 TIFTON,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 185 TIME - 1940 N8266E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENRY TIFT MYERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TIFTON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- COLLIDED W HI WING LUSCOMBE 8A FM ABV.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1894 81/6/25 TIFTON,GA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 131 TIME - 1940 N71658 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENRY TIFT MYERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TIFTON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- COLLIDED W CESSNA 172 FM BLO.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N71658
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Henry Tift Myers
- Registration
- N8266E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Henry Tift Myers
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 19810625036292ALuscom 8A · Tifton, GAWas struck from above by another airplane, N8266E. Both on final. Crashed on runway threshold. No radio. No lightsAccident 19810625036291ACessna 172N · Tifton, GAOvertook and struck another lower aircraft, N71658, both on final. Landed safely on runway. Strobes radio used.