- Date
- June 28, 1974
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23RMDehavilland DHC-6N8105RBeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19740628022492A19740628022491A
- Case key
- 130228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2272 74/6/28 DENVER,COLO BEECH V35B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 242 TIME - 1306 N8105R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 12 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TEX DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - LOCAL CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 53 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CLRD DNWND,#3 TO LND BEHIND OTTER.TURNED BASE,ADVISED TRAFFIC IN SIGHT.COLLISION TURNING TO FINAL.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2272 74/6/28 DENVER,COLO DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1306 N23RM PX- 0 0 10 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 30, 4565 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1393 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEAMBOAT SPGS,COLO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - LOCAL CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 53 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 82 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- STRAIGHT-IN RWY 8L,CLRD #2 TO LND.ATC PERS FAILED TO USE AVAIL BRITE DISPLAY TO EFFECT SEPN.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N23RM
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
- Registration
- N8105R
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.