- Date
- November 21, 1978
- Place
- Mt Airy, NC · MT AIRY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19781121040691A19781121040692A
- Case key
- 138302
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3627 78/11/21 MT AIRY,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N60442 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT AIRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ELKINS,NC LOCAL MT AIRY,NC 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 TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3627 78/11/21 MT AIRY,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 500 TIME - 1630 N3292L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT AIRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MT STERLING,KY GREENSBORO,NC MT AIRY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING 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 TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3292L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mt Airy
N3292LRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2025 · Cessna 172HAirframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- N60442
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Mt Airy
N60442Registration cancelled Jun 16, 2008 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.
Other investigations on N3292L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.