- Date
- May 5, 1984, 17:18 local (May 6, 1984, 00:18 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19840505018692A19840505018691A
- Case key
- 24253
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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
This acft landed in trail behind a lead acft (N53BT) and bounced on landing. During his recovery procedures he overtook and collided with the lead acft.
The two acft landed in trail and the lead acft (N53BT) was taxiing off the rwy when struck in the rear by the other acft(N3428).
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N53BT
- Reported as
- Taylor Smith Mini DSA-1 (SMITH MINI)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- DSA53T
- Airframe hours
- 173
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1984 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 036 · Tracy, CA
- Destination
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Wayward Air Terminal, runway 28R, 3,536 × 75 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
- N3528
- Reported as
- Olson MINI-PLANE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CGO-1
- Airframe hours
- 140
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bennie E. Swanson
- Registered owner
- Cecil B. Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1984
- Departed
- 036 · Tracy, CA
- Destination
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Wayward Air Terminal, runway 28R, 3,536 × 75 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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N53BT
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 173 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3528
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 358 total · 11 in this make and model · 318 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N53BT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.