- Date
- August 20, 1978
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780820043242A19780820043241A
- Case key
- 139432
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4007 78/8/20 FORT WAYNE,IN TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 437 TIME - 0925 N96544 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- FLYING THROUGH PAPER STREAMERS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4007 78/8/20 FORT WAYNE,IN WOODDELL PUSHER CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 463 TIME - 0925 N2542 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- FLYING THROUGH PAPER STREAMERS.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2542
- Reported as
- Wooddell Pusher
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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
- N96544
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N96544Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2009 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.