- Date
- May 16, 1975
- Place
- Colorado Sprgs, CO · COLORADO SPRGS, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- USAF459Mcdonnell RF-4CN2750ZSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750516016832A
- Case key
- 149059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0012 75/5/16 NR.COLORADO SPGS,CO SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 140 TIME - 1305 N2750Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPGS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- F-4 CREW ADVSD OF POSSIBLE TRAFFIC. BOTH ACFT LND OK.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0012 75/5/16 NR.COLORADO SPRGS,CO MCDONNELL RF-4C CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1305 USAF459 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC UNK/NR, 3492 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 653 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK FOREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BERGSTROM AFB,TX PETERSON AFB,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - APPROACH CONTROL LANDING RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY APPROACH CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- MAJOR JET IFR ARR/DEP ROUTES TO PETERSON FLD LIE ADJ TO BLACK FOREST GLIDER PORT.PLT MIL QUALIFIED
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- USAF459
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell RF-4C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Black Forest
- Registration
- N2750Z
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Black Forest
N2750ZRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Schweizer SGS 2-32Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-32Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.