- Date
- October 17, 1970
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ · GILA BEND, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1346 70/10/17 GILA BEND,ARIZ CESSNA 210G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 2898 TIME - 1250 N5868F PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILA BEND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ GILA BEND,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 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 - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PA-28 LND OK.C-210 MADE GO AROUND.L GR SEPARATED.CONT TO PHOENIX,LND GR UP. GILA BEND UNCONTROLLED
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1346 70/10/17 GILA BEND,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 450 TIME - 1250 N5071W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 187 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILA BEND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILA COMP STA,ARIZ GILA BEND,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CESSNA OVERTOOK PIPER FROM ABOVE.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5071W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gila Bend
N5071WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-150Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- N5868F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gila Bend
N5868FRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2014 · Cessna 210GAirframe modelCessna 210GEngine modelContinental IO-520 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.
Other investigations on N5071W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.