- Date
- July 23, 1980
- Place
- Rialto, CA · RIALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19800723029971A19800723029962A
- Case key
- 129335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3639 80/7/23 RIALTO,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1919 N430AF PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 203 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIALTO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIALTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CLOSED PATTERN RWY 24.CALLED UNICOM TURNING BASE TO FINAL.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3639 80/7/23 RIALTO,CA SKYBOLT 01 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 6000 TIME - 1919 N37631 PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIALTD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIALTO,CA LOCAL 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 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 - 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 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CLOSED PATTERN RWY 24.NOT RADIO EQUIPPED.MADE CONTINUOUS 180DEG TURN TO FINAL FRM DOWNWIND.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N37631
- Reported as
- Skybolt 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rialtd Muni
N37631Registration cancelled May 23, 1983 · Knight Ralph E SKYBOLTAirframe modelKnight Ralph E SKYBOLT
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
- N430AF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rialto 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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19800723029971AAmtrsn Skybolt · Rialto, CADuring 180 degree turn to final, over-took & collided with N430AF already on final for landing. No radio a factor.Accident 19800723029962ACessna 150 · Rialto, CAOn final for landing, was over-taken & struck by N37631 making a 180 degree turn to final. Factor N37631 NORDO.