- Date
- November 1, 1970
- Place
- Missoula, MT · MISSOULA, MT
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 minor
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168343
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1782 70/11/1 MISSOULA,MONT ERCO 415-CD CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 165 TIME - 1432 N3875H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 4 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON-BELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KELLOGG,ID DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 87 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CESSNA FLYING NORTHERLY,ERCOUPE PROCEEDING EASTERLY. BOTH ACFT CRASHED IN LUMBER YARD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1782 70/11/1 MISSOULA,MONT CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1432 N1757C PX- 3 0 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 36, 3416 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 251 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON-BELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MISSOULA,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 87 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- 1 SKYDIVER PARACHUTED OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1757C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnson-Bell
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
- N3875H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnson-Bell
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.