- Date
- July 15, 1967
- Place
- Sepulveda, CA · SEPULVEDA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0938 67/7/15 SEPULVEDA,CALIF BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0742 N611WP PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 46, 3650 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PIPER N5966W ON EXTENDED DOWNWIND.BEECH N611WP ON BASE LEG. BOTH PLTS WARNED OF TRAFFIC BY TOWER.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0938 67/7/15 SEPULVEDA,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 270 TIME - 0742 N5966W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING 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 - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PIPER N5966W ON EXTENDED DOWNWIND.BEECH N611WP ON BASE LEG. BOTH PLTS WARNED OF TRAFFIC BY TOWER.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5966W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Van Nuys
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
- N611WP
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys
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.