- Date
- April 19, 1986, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gaston, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19860419012932A19860419012931A
- Case key
- 6934
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Two aircraft collided and were substantially damaged during landing flare/touchdown at the uncontrolled airport. Both aircraft flew a left hand traffic pattern at a pattern altitude of 1000 ft MSL. A witness to the accident related that one aircraft flew directly below the other, and at no time during the approach was the vertical separation between the aircraft more that 10 ft.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N714PU
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-79334
- Airframe hours
- 2,870
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Dipretoro
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 13, 1986 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 7J1 · Gaston, SC
- Airport
- 7J1 · Lexington Co., runway 11, 3,350 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- N3015X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064415
- Airframe hours
- 2,870
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sale Reported
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 14, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- 7J1 · Lexington Co., runway 11, 3,350 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N714PU
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 872 total · 500 in this make and model · 849 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3015X
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.