- Date
- April 9, 1970
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0554 70/4/9 TUCSON,ARIZ CESSNA 140A CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1825 N9696A PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 692 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH 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 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- C-140 MADE CLOSE-IN BASE LEG WITH C-150 ON FINAL APCH.C-150 HAD OP RADIO,C-140 NOT RADIO EQUIPPED.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0554 70/4/9 TUCSON,ARIZ CESSNA 150F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1825 N6811F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 2 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DAVIS MONTHAN AFB LOCAL TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- BOTH ACFT CRASHED ON RWY.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6811F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Freeway
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
- N9696A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeway
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.