- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA · HUNTINGTON BCH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19810525043681A19810525043682A
- Case key
- 125722
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1558 81/5/25 HUNTINGTON BCH,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 1050 TIME - 1430 N9942V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON BCH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HI WING ACFT STRUCK FM ABOVE BY LOW WING RAND KR2.PLT FELT BUMP,CONTD TKOF,UNAWARE OF COLLISION.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1558 81/5/25 HUNTINGTON BCH,CA RAND KR2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 165 TIME - 1430 N88GH PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO,CA HUNTINGTON BCH,CA 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 PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- LOW WING ACFT,TOUCHED DWN ON HI WING CESSNA 172.EQUIPPED W 2100CC REVMASTER/VW ENG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N88GH
- Reported as
- Rand KR2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meadowlark
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
- N9942V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Meadowlark
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 19810525043681AAmtrra KR2 · Huntington Beac, CAStruck wing of N9942V on leveling off for landing. Bounced off and crashed. N9942V had taken runway in front of himAccident 19810525043682ACessna 172M · Huntington Beac, CAThis aircraft was struck by landing aircraft when on takeoff roll. Other aircraft involved N88GH.