- Date
- September 1, 1982, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Plainview, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19820901070222A19820901070221A
- Case key
- 72250
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While receiving traffic advisories enroute to Plainview, the plt of the C-172 was given the traffic advisory freq for hale county arpt as 120.7. However the plt copied 127.7 & reached ftw center instead. The plt made no further attempts to obtain the correct freq & reported pattern positions on UNICOM freq of 122.95. The BE-95 was making a modified straight-in approach & was making position reports on 120.7. Both acft landed safely after the collision. The tower had been closed as a result of a shortage of controllers.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N62405
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275263
- Airframe hours
- 565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sandene Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sandene Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- Lubbock, TX
- Destination
- Shawnee, OK
- Airport
- PVW · Hale County, runway 22, 5,200 × 100 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.
- Registration
- N520T
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-63
- Airframe hours
- 3,415
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William L. Reed
- Registered owner
- William L. Reed
- Departed
- Simmitt, TX
- Destination
- Plainview, TX
- Airport
- PVW · Hale County, runway 22, 5,200 × 100 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 N62405
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 29 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N520T
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,801 total · 1,644 in this make and model · 11,722 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 203 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 40 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.
Other investigations on N62405 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.