- Date
- January 23, 1966
- Place
- Rockton, IL · ROCKTON, IL
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0091 66/1/23 ROCKTON ILL CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 103 TIME - 1510 N5735A PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAGON WHEEL AIRPK 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 PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 111 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 32 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- PILOT OF N2712P FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID N5735A.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0091 66/1/23 ROCKTON ILL PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1510 N2712P PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 4 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAGON WHEEL AIRPK 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 PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 111 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 32 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PILOT OF N5735A FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID N2712P.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2712P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wagon Wheel Airpk
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
- N5735A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wagon Wheel Airpk
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.