- Date
- January 16, 1980
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800116001451A
- Case key
- 131605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1721 80/1/16 MESA,AZ CESSNA 210 A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 440 TIME - 1405 N9539X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ MESA,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1721 80/1/16 MESA,AZ CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1405 N49002 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N49002
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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
- N9539X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210 A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falcon Field
N9539XRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2013 · Cessna 210AAirframe modelCessna 210AEngine modelContinental I0-470 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.