- Date
- May 28, 1984, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5157BCessna 152N1920YMooney M20D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19840528018851A19840528018852A
- Case key
- 23960
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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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The two acft collided after N1920Y declared his intention to takeoff and was airborne aprx Half way down the rwy. The other acft was in a steep descent at mid-field when he dove into N1920Y. Both acft then crashed uncontrolled into the ground from an alt of arpx 75 ft AGL.
The two acft collided after N1920Y made a radio call to announce his intentions of taking off. N5157B was in a steep descent at midfield when he collided with the top rear portion of N1920Y. The collision occurred at about 75 ft AGL. The two acft crashed on the arpt. Other acft in the area at the time of the accident reported that no radio transmission was heard from N5157B announcing his intentions.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5157B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283781
- Airframe hours
- 2,669
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Skyway Aviation Inc, doing business as Airline Training Institute
- Registered owner
- Nichols Esau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 1984 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- HAF
- Airport
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, runway 12, 500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- N1920Y
- Reported as
- Mooney M20D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 215
- Airframe hours
- 3,446
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dean O. Durrant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1983 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- HAF
- Destination
- APC · Napa, CA
- Airport
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, runway 12, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5157B
- Age
- 64
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 5,000 as pilot in command
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N1920Y
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- HAF
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.