- Date
- December 10, 1975
- Place
- Salter Path, NC · SALTER PATH, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19751210042051A19751210042052A
- Case key
- 152158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3999 75/12/10 SALTER PATH,NC CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 9574 TIME - 0850 N5251X PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 8503 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOOREHEAD CITY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3999 75/12/10 SALTER PATH,NC CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 7887 TIME - 0850 N2747C PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 1252 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOOREHEAD CITY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- BOTH PLTS HAD RADIO COMM WITH EACH OTHER.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2747C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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
- N5251X
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5251XRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Champion 7GCBCAirframe modelChampion 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.