- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0040 79/9/16 COMPTON,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 100 TIME - 1040 N9366U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LONG BEACH,CA RETURN COMPTON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- NON-STANDARD ENTRY INTO TRAFFIC PATTERN BY PILOT OF N9366U.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0040 79/9/16 COMPTON,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 29 TOTAL TIME - 1040 N63412 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HAWTHORNE,CA RETURN COMPTON,CA 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N63412
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Compton
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
- N9366U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Compton
N9366URegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2018 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.