- Date
- February 17, 1979
- Place
- Logan, UT · LOGAN, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790217020441A19790217020442A
- Case key
- 137251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2614 79/2/17 NR.LOGAN,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N47378 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 501 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 3 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CACHE-LOGAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOGAN,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT DUAL STUDENT - 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 2 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2614 79/2/17 NR.LOGAN,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N3893M PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 45, 4856 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 1 0 105 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CACHE-LOGAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOGAN,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT DUAL STUDENT - 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 2 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3893M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Cache-Logan
N3893MRegistration cancelled Nov 1, 2005 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- N47378
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cache-Logan
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19790217020441APiper PA28161 · Logan, UTAcft on final with student and instructor struck the empennage of another acft (N47378) also on final.Accident 19790217020442APiper PA28181 · Logan, UTStudent and flt. Instructor on final were struck from rear by another acft turning final. (Other aft N3893M)