- Date
- April 20, 1969
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3488PPiper PA-23UAF58-19Cessna T-37B
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1672 69/4/20 EL PASO,TEX CESSNA T-37B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 30, TIME - 1030 UAF58-19 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 1212 TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - APPROACH CONTROL LANDING RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- FLT IN ACCORD WITH ATC,ALSTG 29.92IN.CANOPY AND VERTICAL TAIL SFCS STRUCK BY N3488P.NO DMGE ON LDG
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1672 69/4/20 EL PASO,TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4300 TIME - 1030 N3488P PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- FLT NOT IN ACCORD WITH ATC PROCDR,ALSTG 30.14IN.PLT IN R SEAT. NOSE GR LOST,FURTHER DAMAGE ON LDG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3488P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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
- UAF58-19
- Reported as
- Cessna T-37B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage