- Date
- September 9, 1969
- Place
- Fairland, IN · FAIRLAND, IN
- Injuries
- 83 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1970
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 69/9/9 NR.FAIRLAND,IND DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 4 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1429 N988VJ PX- 78 0 0 47, 23813 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BOSTON,MASS ST.LOUIS,MO INDIANAPOLIS,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-DEFICIENCIES IN ATC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYS. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - APPROACH CONTROL LANDING RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 19 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 106 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- INADQT SEPN OF MIXD IFR AND VFR TFC IN TRML AREA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 69/9/9 NR.FAIRLAND,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1429 N7374J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 82 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP INDIANAPOLIS,IND INDIANAPOLIS,IND BAKALAR AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-DEFICIENCIES IN ATC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYS. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 55 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 106 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- RADAR LIMITATIONS.SEE AND AVOID CONCEPT INADQT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7374J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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
- N988VJ
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
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.