- Date
- July 9, 1982, 19:26 local (Jul 10, 1982, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87280Cessna 402BN5224WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19820709070531A19820709070532A
- Case key
- 69853
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Both acft were approaching from the ssw & flying assigned headings. Neither acft had been assigned an altitude. Just prior to impat, approach control (a/c) told the C-402B to fly 360 to follow traffic & asked what his altitude was. When the plt responded he was at 2300 ft, a/c told him "you've got a cherokee right there with you." The collision occurred about 5 secs later. The PA-28 made a forced landing in a retention pond. The C-402B landed without further incident. Of the 8 ATC personnel on duty in the TRACON, only 3 were assigned control positions. The remainder were either on breakor out for dinner. The accident controller had 9 acft under his control at the time. Both acft were within his control &had been assigned transponder codes, radar identified & assigned headings for sequencing. The only traffic advisory he issued either acft about the other was when the collision was imminent & he told the C-402B that the cherokee was right there with him.
Both acft were approaching from the ssw & flying assigned headings. Neither acft had been assigned an altitude. Just prior to impact, approach control (a/c) told the C-402B to fly 360 to follow traffic & asked what his altitude was. Whenthe plt responded he was at 2300 ft, a/c told him "you've got a cherokee right there with you." The collision occurred about 5 secs later. The PA-28 made a forced landing in a retention pond. The C-402B landed without further incident. Of the 8 ATC personnel on duty in the TRACON, only 3 were assigned control positions. The remainder were either on breakor out for dinner. The accident controller had 9 acft under his control at the time. Both acft were within his control &had been assigned transponder codes, radar identified & assigned headings for sequencing. The only traffic advisory he issued either acft about the other was when the collision was imminent & he told the C-402B that the cherokee was right there with him.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N87280
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B1099
- Airframe hours
- 5,870
- Engine
- Continental TS1O-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kitty Hawk Airways, Inc.
- Departed
- San Antonio, TX
- Destination
- Austin, TX
- Airport
- AUS · Robert Mueller, runway 13R, 7,269 × 150 ft, macadam
- Registration
- N5224W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-261
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lee Kirk
- Registered owner
- Lee Kirk
- Departed
- San Marcos, TX
- Destination
- Austin, TX
- Airport
- AUS · Robert Mueller, runway 13R, 7,269 × 150 ft, macadam
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N87280
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 415 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5224W
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 505 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 198 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.