- Date
- June 16, 1966
- Place
- Columbia City, IN · COLUMBIA CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0061 66/6/16 COLUMBIA CITY,IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 719 TIME - 0848 N5628Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-INADEQUATE VISUAL CONTACT TO AVOID COLLISION PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - CENTER EN-ROUTE RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - DURING RADAR HAND-OFF TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 57 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 70 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0061 66/6/16 COLUMBIA CITY,IND CURTIS C-46 CR- 2 0 0 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0848 N10415 PX- 0 0 0 48, 14067 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 6732 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-INADEQUATE VISUAL CONTACT TO AVOID COLLISION PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 53 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 70 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N10415
- Reported as
- Curtis C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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- Registration
- N5628Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N10415 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.