- Date
- March 8, 1989, 14:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890308003301A19890308003302A
- Case key
- 17581
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Probable cause
Failure of both pilot's to maintain visual lookout.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
N3278C, a westbound quickie Q2, and N7392G, a northbound Cessna 172K, collided in midair at relatively low alt. VMC prevailed. There was no evidence that either plt took evasive action prior to the collision.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3278C
- Reported as
- Craven'S Quickie Q2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2709
- Airframe hours
- 62
- Engine
- Revmaster 2100-D, 67 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bucy, Robert M.
- Registered owner
- Robert M Bucy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 28, 1988 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 01V · Watkins, CO
- Destination
- 01V
- Airport
- Q1V · Aurora, runway 14, 4,694 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- N7392G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259092
- Airframe hours
- 1,219
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Fred L./Harold L. Wright
- Registered owner
- Frederick L & Harold L Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1988 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- Akron, CO
- Destination
- 01V · Watkins, CO
- Airport
- Q1V · Aurora, runway 14, 4,694 × 40 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3278C
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,114 total · 43 in this make and model · 1,897 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N7392G
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 914 total · 914 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKF, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.