# NTSB CHI88LA156: Piper PA-28-180, N7222W, Moraine, OH, July 7, 1988 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 7, 1988, 19:35 local (23:35 UTC) - Place: Moraine, OH - Location: 39.6821° N, 84.2400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORAINE AIR PARK (I73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6821&lon=-84.2400&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 14109 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA156 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14109/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA156 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - communications - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - acft/equip inadequate,visual restriction, pilot in command (contributing factor) - acft/equip inadequate,visual restriction, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - communications - not performed, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - acft/equip inadequate,visual restriction, pilot in command (contributing factor) - acft/equip inadequate,visual restriction, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH N7222W EXPERIENCED A MIDAIR COLLISION WITH N8611U ON A SIMILAR APPROACH. N8611U WAS A HIGH WING AIRCRAFT AND WAS IN FRONT OF AND BELOW N7222W WHICH WAS A LOW WING AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF N8611U STATED THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER HAD HIS RADIO TUNED TO THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AND HEARD A WARNING FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT A 'HIGH WING AND LOW WING AIRCRAFT (WERE) COMING TOGETHER AND TO GET OUT'. HE STATED THAT HE 'APPLIED POWER AND PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD, AT THE SAME TIME, TO GAIN SPEED', HOWEVER THE 'OTHER AIRCRAFT STRUCK (HIM) FROM BEHIND. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH N7222W EXPERIENCED A MIDAIR COLLISION WITH N8611U ON A SIMILAR APPROACH. N7222W WAS A LOW WING ACFT AND WAS BEHIND AND ABOVE N8611U WHICH WAS A HIGH WING AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF N7222W STATED THAT HIS FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPENDING COLLISION WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF SECOND BEFORE THE ACTUAL COLLISION WHEN THE OTHER AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO 'PULL UP SHARPLY', INTO HIM. HE TOLD RESPONDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES THAT HE DID NOT HAVE HIS RADIO TURNED ON AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N7222W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7222W-1990-10-19), registration cancelled 1990-10-19, S/N 281037 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-1037 - Engines: LYCOMING O-360-AIA 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Watkins, James - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: 401, WAYNESVILLE, OH - Airport: I73, Moraine, runway 26, 3,500 × 65 ft, asphalt ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N8611U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8611U-1991-10-29), registration cancelled 1991-10-29, S/N 17252512 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F - Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17252512 - Airframe hours: 4926 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Fisher, Loman T. III - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 1988, 9 hours before - Departed: I77, CINCINNATI, OH - Destination: I73, MORAINE, OH - Airport: I73, Moraine, runway 26, 3,500 × 65 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N7222W; age 51; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 556 total, 300 in this make and model, 514 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 75 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N8611U; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 242 total, 103 in this make and model, 192 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 4 knots - Visibility: 50 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken - Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DAY, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19880707025811A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880707025811A), Jul 7, 1988: Piper PA28180, Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Overtook and collided with N8611U that was also on final. Both aircraft fell to runway. Failed to use radio. - [Accident 19880707025812A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880707025812A), Jul 7, 1988: Cessna 172, Dayton, OH, Destroyed. Was overtaken and hit from above by N7222W that was also on final. Both acft fell 50FT locked together to runway. From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.