- Date
- September 11, 1970
- Place
- Plainview, TX · PLAINVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1547 70/9/11 PLAINVIEW,TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3750 TIME - 0917 N8738G PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVIEW,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N8738G BELIEVED TO HAVE ENTERED PATTERN ON LONG DOWNWIND LEG. N6577Q ON X-WIND LEG BEFORE ACDNT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1547 70/9/11 PLAINVIEW,TEX ALON A-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 69, 710 TIME - 0917 N6577Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVIEW,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING 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 - TOUCH AND GO LANDING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- CONTROLLED ARPT.BOTH ACFT ON SAME FREQ. NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO COLLISION.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6577Q
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hale County
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
- N8738G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hale County
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.