- Date
- December 19, 1965
- Place
- Knox, IN · KNOX, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1033 65/12/19 KNOX IND STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1202 TIME - 1440 N898D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 3 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STARKE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 60 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1033 65/12/19 KNOX IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 42, TIME - 1440 N1100P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 135 TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STARKE COUNTY 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 DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1100P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Starke County
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
- N898D
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Starke County
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.