- Date
- November 18, 1970
- Place
- Vidalia, LA · VIDALIA, LA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1619 70/11/18 VIDALIA,LA BEECH D50E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0615 N905B PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 8700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONCORDIA PARISH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIDALIA,LA MONTGOMERY,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB 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.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- C182 T/O SE ON RWY 14/32 AS BE50 T/O NW,SAME RWY.ACFT COLLIDED OVR MID-PT OF RWY.WIND CALM.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1619 70/11/18 VIDALIA,LA CESSNA 182M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, TIME - 0615 N71605 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 2800 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 5 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONCORDIA PARISA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIDALIA,LA CROSBY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- C182 DIVED IN ATMT TO AVOID BE50.HIT RWY AFT COLLISION.BE50 CONT FLT,CRASHED ABT 1/2 MI FROM ARPT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N71605
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Concordia Parisa
N71605Registration cancelled Oct 24, 2023 · Cessna 182MAirframe modelCessna 182MEngine modelContinental O-470 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
- N905B
- Reported as
- Beech D50E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Concordia Parish
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.