- Date
- August 6, 1978
- Place
- East Moline, IL · EAST MOLINE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780806043091A19780806043092A
- Case key
- 139433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4008 78/8/6 EAST MOLINE,IL CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N8881G PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST MOLINE,IL EAST MOLINE,IL 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4008 78/8/6 EAST MOLINE,IL PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1140 N3217B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 6323 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 1900 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST MOLINE,IL EAST MOLINE,IL 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH 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 - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3217B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woods
N3217BRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2009 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- N8881G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woods
N8881GRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.