- Date
- August 22, 1975
- Place
- Lompoc, CA · LOMPOC, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19750822025611A19750822025612A
- Case key
- 150374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 75/8/22 LOMPOC,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1900 N9700V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 36, 7005 TOTAL HOURS, 502 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOMPOC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOMPOC,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 75/8/22 LOMPOC,CA PITTS SPCL S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 378 TIME - 1900 N18CB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 201 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOMPOC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOMPOC,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PITTS LND ON CESSNA'S TAIL. UNCONTROLLED ARPT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N18CB
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lompoc
N18CBRegistered now · Blackburn PITTS S-1CAirframe modelBlackburn PITTS S-1CEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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
- N9700V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lompoc
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.