- Date
- August 5, 1979
- Place
- Grand Haven, MI · GRAND HAVEN, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790805027912A19790805027911A
- Case key
- 133688
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3212 79/8/5 GRAND HAVEN,MI PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 209 TIME - 1850 N7421H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND HAVEN,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- PHOTOGRAPHING JUMP.ABOVE,TO THE LEFT,& SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE BREEZY.OBSERVED ROLLING RIGHT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3212 79/8/5 GRAND HAVEN,MI BREEZY FGC100 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 39, 453 TIME - 1850 N219TC PX- 0 0 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND HAVEN,MI LOCAL 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 - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- LNDD OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N219TC
- Reported as
- Breezy FGC100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Memorial
N219TCRegistered now · Feiock/Green/Cocanour BREEZYAirframe modelFeiock/Green/Cocanour BREEZYEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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
- N7421H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Memorial
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.
Accident 19790805027912AAmtrrl BREEZYRLU1 · Grand Haven, MIAcft was struck by photo acft during formation flight for purpose of photographing a parachute jump from said acft.Accident 19790805027911APiper J3C65 · Grand Haven, MIPlt banked acft into collision with other acft during formation flt for purpose of taking pictures of other acft.