- Date
- August 3, 1969
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0051 69/8/3 FORT WORTH,TEX CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 374 TIME - 1545 N79073 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 5 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKWALL,TEX ABILENE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 150 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- CESSNA L WG STRUCK B-707 L HORIZ STAB. NEITHER PLT SAW EACH OTHER. CESSNA WAS FLYING INTO THE SUN.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0051 69/8/3 FORT WORTH,TEX BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 5 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1545 N7567A PX- 0 0 0 49, 18475 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 7175 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX FORT WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - CENTER EN-ROUTE RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 150 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CESSNA L WG STRUCK B-707 L HORIZ STAB. NEITHER PLT SAW EACH OTHER. GRND RADAR DIDNT SHOW CESSNA.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7567A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- 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
- N79073
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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.