- Date
- September 17, 1978
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 107 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1315GCessna 310QN834Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0022 78/9/17 ROANOKE,VA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1320 N834 PX- 0 0100 57, 28200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 1 357 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ROANOKE MUNICIPAL OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,VA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- NEAR-COLLISION.CONTROLLER DID NOT HEAR COMPLETE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0022 78/9/17 ROANOKE,VA CESSNA 310Q CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1320 N1315G PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0106 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ROANOKE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,VA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- NEAR-COLLISION.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1315G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Roanoke Municipal
- Registration
- N834
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Roanoke Municipal