LAX69A0051

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Julian, CA · March 5, 1969

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 5, 1969
Place
Julian, CA · JULIAN, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N4906JPiper PA-28UBN14915L-T-V F-8J
Status
Completed · report July 31, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184743

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1692   69/3/5    JULIAN,CALIF        L-T-V F-8J          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1455                    UBN14915            PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  28, 1305 TOTAL HOURS, 383
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  1                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        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
         SPECIAL DATA
          SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY
          CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL                          RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT
          TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE                           CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO
          CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES -  24                          HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES -   24
          VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES -  0                    EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES
        REMARKS- L WG TIP OF UBN14915 SLICED UNDERSIDE OF R WG OF N4906J STARTING AT TRAILING EDGE.
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1692   69/3/5    JULIAN,CALIF        PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 242
        TIME - 1455                    N4906J              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  1                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
         SPECIAL DATA
          SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY
          CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL                          RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT
          TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE                           CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO
          CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES -  24                          HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES -   24
          VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES -  0                    EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO
        REMARKS- OVER TAKEN AND STRUCK BY HIGH SPEED NAVY JET.BOTH NAVY JET AND PIPER PA-28 LANDED SAFELY AT ARPTS.

Aircraft · 2

Registration
N4906J
Reported as
Piper PA-28
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
UBN14915
Reported as
L-T-V F-8J
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Minor damage