- Date
- April 23, 1991, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mccook, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19910423012082A19910423012081A
- Case key
- 15048
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A poorly planned approach and inadequate visual lookout by the pilot.
A poorly planned approach and inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of the other aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said that as he flared to land, he landed on top of another aircraft that had just touched down. The two aircraft, locked together, continued down the center of the runway for another 600 feet before stopping. The top aircraft sustained only minor damage and the bottom aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The student pilot said that he had just touchdown down, when another aircraft landed on top of his aircraft. The two aircraft locked together and came to a stop about 600 feet down the runway on centerline. The uninjured pilot exited through the luggage compartment as he was unable to open the door.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N32478
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515164
- Airframe hours
- 2,404
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Trego Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1991 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- LBF · North Platte, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MCK · Mccook, runway 3, 3,999 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- N3131X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064531
- Airframe hours
- 5,523
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Lavern Schneider
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1990 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- MCK · Mccook, runway 3, 3,999 × 75 ft, concrete
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N32478
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 43 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3131X
- Age
- 66
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 1 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MCK, 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.