- Date
- July 22, 1975
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750722030581A
- Case key
- 150159
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2394 75/7/22 SAN DIEGO,CA BEECH V35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 2250 TIME - 1300 N5430U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2550 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIRAMAR NAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING 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 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2394 75/7/22 SAN DIEGO,CA CESSNA 180 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, UNK/NR TIME - 1300 N3102C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIRAMAR NAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA LANCASTER,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO 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 - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH N5430U.OTR ACFT LNDD OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3102C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Miramar Nas
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
- N5430U
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miramar Nas
N5430URegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2019 · Beech V35Airframe modelBeech V35Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.