- Date
- August 15, 1991, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19910815034281A19910815034282A
- Case key
- 15157
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Probable cause
The inadequate visual lookout and poor inflight planning and decision making by the pilot of N97867. Factors in the accident are inoperative exterior lights and radio communication not possible.
The pilot of the other airplane's (N97867) inadequate visual lookout and poor inflight/decision making.
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 he lost his electrical system enroute and was without lights or communication capability. A night landing was made and during the landing roll the acft was struck by another landing acft that was unaware of his presence.
The pilot said that during the landing roll at night, he observed an aircraft in front of him that had just landed. The acft that had just landed was not displaying any lights. The pilot said that his acft collided with the lead acft and both acft came to a stop on the runway. Both acft sustained substantial damage and no injuries to the pilots and passengers.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N25496
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2305
- Airframe hours
- 845
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carver, Roy J. Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1991 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- IOW · Iowa City, IA
- Airport
- DVN · Davenport, runway 15, 4,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- N97867
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267233
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skycats Flying Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- OXV · Knoxville, IA
- Airport
- DVN · Davenport, runway 15, 4,801 × 100 ft, asphalt
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 N25496
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 321 total · 97 in this make and model · 239 as pilot in command · 157 in the last 90 days · 63 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N97867
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 23 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- DVN, 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.
Other investigations on N25496 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.