- Date
- June 23, 1985, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19850623075031A19850623075032A
- Case key
- 21558
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Analysis
A midair collision occurred between a Cessna 150 in the traffic pattern and a Cessna 152 on a long low final to the same runway. The Cessna 152'S radio was mistuned, and the Cessna 150 had no radio installed. Neither could have heard warnings broadcast by another aircraft. At the time of the accident, the Cessna 152 came between the Cessna 150 and the sun during the last minute of the flight. The Cessna 150 was hidden from the Cessna 152'S pilot's view by the left wing. No obstruction was found to account for either aircraft not seeing and avoiding the other prior to those positions.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N8496J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066396
- Airframe hours
- 3,125
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1985
- Departed
- ILE · Killeen, TX
- Airport
- TPL · Draughon-Miller, runway 15, 6,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- N48891
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281033
- Airframe hours
- 1,327
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- J. R. Voyles, doing business as Cardinal Aviation
- Registered owner
- Altus Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- ILE · Killeen, TX
- Airport
- TPL · Draughon-Miller, runway 15, 6,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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 N8496J
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Military, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N48891
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 21 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPL, 1 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.