- Date
- February 18, 1968
- Place
- Ranklin, IN · RANKLIN, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0550 68/2/18 FRANKLIN,IND STINSON 108 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 164 TIME - 1715 N8905K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKLIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N9516W OVERTOOK AND DESCENDED INTO N8905K.N9516W FLEW NORMAL PATTERN.N8905K MADE LONG,LOW APPROACH
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0550 68/2/18 RANKLIN,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N9516W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKLIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N9516W OVERTOOK AND DESCENDED INTO N8905K.N9516W FLEW NORMAL PATTERN.N8905K MADE LONG,LOW APPROACH
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N9516W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Franklin
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
- N8905K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Franklin
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.