- Date
- July 8, 1981
- Place
- Eatonton, GA · EATONTON, GA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19810708038982A19810708038981A
- Case key
- 124659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2054 81/7/8 EATONTON,GA CESSNA 310Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 964 TIME - 1706 N69642 PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA ATLANTA,GA 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 3 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 175 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- COLLIDED AT APRX 1500FT AGL(2000FT MSL).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2054 81/7/8 EATONTON,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 1380 TIME - 1706 N6452J PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 565 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONE MOUNTAIN,GA BAXLEY,GA 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 3 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 175 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- COLLIDED AT APRX 1500FT AGL(2000FT MSL).
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6452J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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
- N69642
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N69642Registration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Cessna 310QAirframe modelCessna 310QEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19810708038982APiper PA28180 · Eatonton, GANear headon collision with N69642 in level flight. Last minute unsuccessful evasive manuever observed.Accident 19810708038981ACessna 310Q · Eatonton, GANear headon collision with N6452J in level flight. Last minute unsuccessful evasive manuever was observed.