- Date
- March 31, 1976
- Place
- Blue Mound, IL · BLUE MOUND, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19760331011472A19760331011471A
- Case key
- 153080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0664 76/3/31 BLUE MOUND,IL MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1219 N78979 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 60, 7892 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 34 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASEY,IL SPRINGFIELD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 52 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 52 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 7 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- BOTH STABILIZERS SEPARATED APRX 4 IN OUTBOARD AT FRONT SPAR.ACFT DSCNDING FM PSN ABV PIPER ACFT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0664 76/3/31 BLUE MOUND,IL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 121 TIME - 1219 N55919 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMPAIGN,IL ST CHARLES,MO 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 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 52 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 52 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 7 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- ACFT LANDED SAFELY AT DECATUR AIRPORT.OUTBOARD SFC R WING COMPRESSED,SCRATCHED,BROWN PAINT DEPOSIT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N55919
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55919Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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- Registration
- N78979
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19760331011472APiper PA28R200 · Blue Mound, ILAcft landed safely at decatur airport. Outboard sfc r wing compressed,scratched,brown paint depositAccident 19760331011471AMooney M20C · Blue Mound, ILBoth stabilizers separated aprx 4 in outboard at front spar. Acft dscnding fm psn abv Piper acft.
Other investigations on N55919 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.