- Date
- October 27, 1978
- Place
- Gallipolis, OH · GALLIPOLIS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19781027043992A19781027043991A
- Case key
- 138130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4440 78/10/27 GALLIPOLIS,OH ERCO 415-CD CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1940 N94743 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 2 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLIA-MEIGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON COUNTY,WV GALLIPOLIS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- LOW WING ACFT.DRG STRAIGHT-IN APCH,COLLIDED W HI WING CESSNA 172.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4440 78/10/27 GALLIPOLIS,OH CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1940 N5131H PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 3120 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 2 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLIA-MEIGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAVENSWOOD,WV GALLIPOLIS,OH 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 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 - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- HI WING ACFT.COLLIDED W LOW WING ACFT,ERCO 415-CD,ON STRAIGHT-IN FINAL APCH.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5131H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gallia-Meigs
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
- N94743
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gallia-Meigs
N94743Registered now · Ercoupe 415-CDAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CDEngine modelContinental A&C75 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.