- Date
- December 28, 1970
- Place
- Sacaton, AZ · SACATON, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1676 70/12/28 SACATON,ARIZ BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 68, 19897 TIME - 1520 N7342V PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 342 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ CASA GRANDE,ARIZ 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 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED ALMOST HEAD ON.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1676 70/12/28 SACATON,ARIZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 981 TIME - 1520 N6664P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 974 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 3 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEMING,N MEX FULLERTON,CALIF 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 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6664P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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
- N7342V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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.