- Date
- December 19, 1987, 14:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Chino Hills, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19871219070632A19871219070631A
- Case key
- 25798
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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Probable cause
Failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other and thus avert the collision.
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
A Beech A35 and a Piper PA-30 collided in flight while operating under visual flight rules. Both aircraft were destroyed. The Beech had been inbound for landing to an airport 5 miles north of the airport the Piper had just departed. The weather was VMC. The position of the sun relative to the Piper pilot would have restricted his view of the Beech. The Beech pilot was in contact with the ATCT at his destination. The Piper pilot was not using available ATC services.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N675B
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D1676
- Airframe hours
- 37,862
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herndon, Alfred
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1987 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Muni, runway 26, 3,856 × 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
- N2627Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 376
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Obinger, George H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Muni, runway 24, 3,100 × 75 ft
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 N675B
- Age
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2627Y
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.