- Date
- September 10, 1965
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0826 65/9/10 LOUISVILLE KY CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1208 N4564U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-LARGE US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 48 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PILOT OF N272R MADE NON-STANDARD VFR TRAFFIC PATTERN DEPARTURE AND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID N4564U.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0826 65/9/10 LOUISVILLE KY DOUGLAS DC3 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1208 N272R PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D 39, 9900 TOTAL HOURS, 483 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-LARGE US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 42 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- PILOT OF N4564U FAILED TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE TO ENTER CONTROL ZONE AND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID N272R
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N272R
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowman Field
N272RRegistered now · Douglas DC3CAirframe modelDouglas DC3CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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
- N4564U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bowman Field
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.