- Date
- May 4, 1985, 16:21 local (23:21 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10DEEarnst SkyboltN3010VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19850504077852A19850504077851A
- Case key
- 24503
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Cessna 150 and a home built skybolt acft collided while on a downwind leg of a traffic pattern to land. The skybolt was a competitor in a local aerobatic competition east of the arpt. The C-150 was returning from a student plt training x-country flt. Both acft had radios and had announced their positions in traffic. Both were flying straight & level at aprx 1800 ft AGL with the skybolt slightly higher. The acft converged slowly at about the same airspeed. An official of the competition warned the acft of their proximity. The Cessna plt both saw & felt his prop contact the tail section of the other acft as it came from behind and above him. The skybolt plt felt the impact and then saw the Cessna below him. Both acft were able to land but the skybolt groundlooped after landing due to damage to the landing gear. The competition contestants and normal traffic were intermixed in traffic with no attempt at segregation by designation of dedicated areas for each.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N10DE
- Reported as
- Earnst Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 275
- Engine
- Lycoming 0360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Earnst
- Registered owner
- Dennis Earnst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 4, 1985
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Rubles Muni, runway 19, 6,009 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Registration
- N3010V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76349
- Airframe hours
- 4,895
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Patroline Inc., doing business as Executive Air Center
- Registered owner
- Patroline, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- L5Z · Oceano
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Rubles Muni, runway 19, 6,009 × 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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N10DE
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,170 total · 270 in this make and model · 1,996 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3010V
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 34 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRB
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.