- Date
- November 6, 1985, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19851106058261A19851106058262A
- Case key
- 25014
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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Analysis
During a dual instructional flight the CFI stated that he was looking for traffic while monitoring his student's performance. The CFI failed to observe that an acft was ahead of him in the traffic pattern. That acft was at a lower altitude & was on short final approach for the rwy on which the CFI intended to land. The cfi's acft flared for landing on top of & collided with the acft which had just touched down.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N42XX
- Reported as
- Aerotek Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2166
- Airframe hours
- 629
- Engine
- Lycoming AE10-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandler Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Pitts Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1985 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler Muni, runway 22, 4,400 × 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
- N2315V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0085
- Airframe hours
- 1,797
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chandler Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 26, 1985 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler Muni, runway 22, 4,400 × 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 N42XX
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 12,800 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2315V
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 64 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.