- Date
- August 26, 1969
- Place
- Gastonia, NC · GASTONIA, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2484 69/8/26 GASTONIA,NC CESSNA 150J CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N51158 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GASTONIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HICKORY,NC HICKORY,NC SPARTANBURG,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N51158 MADE LONG STRAIGHT-IN APCH ON SOLO XC.N3187J SHOOTING LDGS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2484 69/8/26 GASTONIA,NC CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N3187J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GASTONIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASTONIA,NC GASTONIA,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N51158 MADE LONG STRAIGHT-IN APCH ON SOLO XC.N3187J SHOOTING LDGS.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3187J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Gastonia
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
- N51158
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gastonia
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.
Other investigations on N3187J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.