- Date
- September 2, 1979
- Place
- Bloomfield Twp, WI · BLOOMFIELD TWP, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6051PPiper PA-24N8859YPiper PA-39
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790902034052A19790902034051A
- Case key
- 134315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3149 79/9/2 BLOOMFIELD TWP,WI PIPER PA-39 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1333 TIME - 1604 N8859Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 291 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAYBOY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARY,IN LAKE GENEVA, WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 60 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3149 79/9/2 BLOOMFIELD TWP,WI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 529 TIME - 1604 N6051P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAYBOY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARY,IN LAKE GENEVA,WI 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE 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 - 90 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 60 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6051P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Playboy
- Registration
- N8859Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Playboy
N8859YRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Piper PA-39Airframe modelPiper PA-39Engine modelLycoming IO-320 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.