- Date
- October 17, 1975
- Place
- Richfield, UT · RICHFIELD, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19751017039151A19751017039152A
- Case key
- 151108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3232 75/10/17 RICHFIELD,UT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1286 TIME - 1130 N400E PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 636 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHFIELD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHFIELD,UT LOA,UT 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 PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PA-24 ON EXTENDED X-WIND LEG. C-182 ENTERED DOWNWIND LEG IMPROPERLY. BOTH PLTS IN RADIO CTC.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3232 75/10/17 RICHFIELD,UT CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 4000 TIME - 1130 N14MD PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHFIELD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANGUITCH,UT RICHFIELD,UT 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 PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- BOTH ACFT LND OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N14MD
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Richfield Muni
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
- N400E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richfield Muni
N400ERegistered now · Piper PA-24-400Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400Engine modelLycoming IO-720 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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.