# NTSB BFO88LA006: Cessna U-206, N756KP, Front Royal, VA, October 25, 1987 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 25, 1987, 15:38 local (20:38 UTC) - Place: Front Royal, VA - Coordinates: 38.919075, -78.180931 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9191&lon=-78.1809&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 11387 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA006 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11387/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA006 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - flight control,elevator surface - separation (contributing factor) - flt control syst,elevator control - loss,total (contributing factor) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR COLLISION WITH N756KP, A CESSNA U206 AIRCRAFT, WHILE BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT THE UNCONTROLLED FRONT ROYAL, VA AIRPORT. EXCELLENT VFR WEATHER PREVAILED WITH 15 MILES VISIBILITY REPORTED. NEITHER PILOT WAS IN POSITION TO OBSERVE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION BUT BOTH HAD BEEN IN POSITION TO OBSERVE THE OTHER BEFORE TURNING ONTO THE FINAL APPROACHES. N756KP MADE A SAFE LANDING AT THE DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. N95707 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT INTO THE TERRAIN. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR COLLISION WITH N95707 A CESSNA 152 AIRCRAFT, WHILE BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT THE UNCONTROLLED FRONT ROYAL, VA AIRPORT. EXCELLENT VFR WEATHER PREVAILED WITH 15 MILES VISIBILITY REPORTED. NEITHER PILOT WAS IN POSITION TO OBSERVE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION BUT BOTH HAD BEEN IN POSITION TO OBSERVE THE OTHER BEFORE TURNING ONTO THE FINAL APPROACHES. N756KP MADE A SAFE LANDING AT THE DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. N95707 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT INTO THE TERRAIN. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N756KP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756KP), registered now, S/N U20604154, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA U-206 - Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20604154 - Airframe hours: 1020 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: John R. Jones - Registered owner: William L. Corley, Sr. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1987 - Departed: W09, LEESBURG, VA - Airport: FRR, Front Royal-Warren Cnty, runway 27, 3,019 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N95707](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95707-1994-07-19), registration cancelled 1994-07-19, S/N 15285961 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15285691 - Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Randolph-Macon Academy - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Airport: FRR, Front Royal-Warren Cnty, runway 27, 3,019 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N756KP; age 44; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,750 total, 194 in this make and model, 2,602 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N95707; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 8,500 ft broken - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: MRB, 38 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19871025060631A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871025060631A), Oct 25, 1987: Cessna U206G, Front Royal, VA, Minor damage. Narrative: while on final approach to Warren county airport, Front Royal, Virginia, john r. jones, pilot of N756KP, a Cessna 206, collided with C-152, N95707… - [Accident 19871025060632A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871025060632A), Oct 25, 1987: Cessna 152, Front Royal, VA, Substantial damage. Turning final. Empannage was struck by the prop of another aircraft that was also turning final. Crash landed. From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.