- Date
- October 5, 1986, 11:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Goldsboro, NC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19861005083652A19861005083651A
- Case key
- 7255
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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
The J-3 cub had been practicing touch and go landings at the uncontrolled airport when the Cessna 182 was returning from a cross-country flight. The pilot of the Cessna had received UNICOM airport advisories that indicated rwy 22 was the active runway. The cub was not equipped with a radio. Local airport traffic positions were reportedly not discussed. An eyewitness reported that the cub was on a downwind position for a landing on rwy 22 when he noticed the Cessna enter a crosswind for rwy 22. The witness stated that the distance between the acft continued to decrease. On final approach to rwy 22, the Cessna was behind the cub when the acft collided and fell to the ground.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N70414
- Reported as
- Piper J3-65C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17405
- Airframe hours
- 890
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- B. E. Dean
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 1986 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- GWW · Goldsboro, NC
- Airport
- GWW · Goldsboro, runway 22, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- N9384X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268507
- Airframe hours
- 325
- Engine
- Continental O-470U-11, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Costal Transport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1986 · 111 hours before
- Departed
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Destination
- GWW · Goldsboro, NC
- Airport
- GWW · Goldsboro, runway 22, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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 N70414
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,675 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,475 as pilot in command
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N9384X
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,335 total · 7,984 as pilot in command · 166 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSB, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.