- Date
- June 16, 1980
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19800616019962A19800616019961A
- Case key
- 131237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0750 80/6/16 SAN ANTONIO,TX BELLANCA 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1200 TIME - 1945 N36252 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANDOLPH AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO, TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 38 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PLT ATMTD PHOTO/FORMATION FLT FM AFT SEAT,NO RCRD OF FORMATION TRNG.COLLIDED DRG CROSS-UNDER.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0750 80/6/16 SAN ANTONIO,TX BOEING PT-17 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1220 TIME - 1945 N1012M PX- 0 1 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 421 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANDOLPH AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 38 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- PLT LEADING PHOTO/FORMATION FLT W NO RDO.1ST FORMATION FLT FOR OTR PLT.HIT BY OTR ACFT DRG X-UNDER
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1012M
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Randolph Afb
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
- N36252
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Randolph Afb
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19800616019962ABoeing PT17 · San Antonio, TXWas struck by other airplane during photo formation flight when other aircraft tried to cross under same.Accident 19800616019961ABbavia 7KCAB · San Antonio, TXStruck other airplane during photo formation flying while trying to cross under other aircraft.