- Date
- March 1, 1986, 16:12 local (21:12 UTC)
- Place
- Drayton Plaines, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93604Cessna 152N48003Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19860301004601A19860301004602A
- Case key
- 13243
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a home built dragon fly gnd looped, other acft in the VFR traffic pattern were sent around, including a Cessna 152(C-152), N93604, flown by a student plt. Shortly after the dragon fly was clrd fm the rwy, Cessna 172 (C-172), N48003, entered the pattern, making a total of 6 acft in the pattern & 1 acft (plt) waiting to depart. The C-172 had entered thepattern ahead of the C-152. The twr controller (ctlr) told the student (C-152) he was #3 in the pattern 'following a Cessna on base.' The student acknowledged. Shortly after that, the #1 acft in the pattern landed & the plt waiting to depart was cleared to takeoff. As the C-172 & C-152 contd in the pattern, the ctlr asked the student (C-152) if he was still following the Cessna ahead; the student replied 'that's affirmative.' However, on final apch, the 2 acft converged & collided, then fell to the gnd. The ctlr, who was busy, did not see the acdnt. The plt-in-command of the C-172 was fatally injured; the 2nd plt (coplt) in the C-172 & the C-152 plt were seriously injured.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N93604
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285526
- Airframe hours
- 780
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tradelwinds Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 18, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- PTK · Pontiac-Oakland, runway 27R, 3,251 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- N48003
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263886
- Airframe hours
- 1,691
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 107th Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 6, 1986 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- PTK · Pontiac-Oakland, runway 27R, 3,251 × 75 ft, macadam
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N93604
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N48003
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 261 in this make and model · 230 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.