- Date
- December 9, 1969
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39983Taylorcraft BC-12DN7043XCessna 150A
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4703 69/12/9 SANTA PAULA,CALIF CESSNA 150A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 378 TIME - 1300 N7043X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 154 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CALIF SANTA PAULA,CALIF 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 SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 21 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 136 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 20 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CESSNA DNWND,T-CRAFT DSCNDG OVR,ONTO BASE.T/W AND RUDDER HIT BY CESSNA L WING DURG EVASIVE R TURN.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4703 69/12/9 SANTA PAULA,CALIF TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 492 TIME - 1300 N39983 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CALIF LOCAL 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 SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 23 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 136 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 160 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- T-CRAFT EXP DUE LARGE ENG.LNDD IN DRY RIVER BED,OVERTURNED.DSCNDD OVR CESSNA DNWND ONTO BASE.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N39983
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
- Registration
- N7043X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
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