- Date
- January 23, 1988, 14:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place
- Temple City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19880123001132A19880123001131A
- Case key
- 25805
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
Pilot of N63CA improper visual look-out. Contributing to this accident was the controller's failure to observe the faster moving airplane approaching the single engine Cessna from the rear.
Pilot of N63CA improper visual look-out. Contributing to this accident was the controller's failure to observe the faster moving airplane approaching the single engine Cessna from the rear.
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 twin engine Cessna collided with a single engine from the single engine Cessna's 7 o'clock position. The single engine Cessna crashed and the twin Cessna landed without further incident. Both airplanes were conducting visual flight rules personal flights to van nuys, CA. The single engine Cessna 172 was receiving traffic advisories from burbank TRACON. The twin engine Cessna had departed fullerton and was flying a circuitous route to van nuys in order to avoid the airport radar service area. The single engine Cessna was transponder equipped but without mode c capability. The twin engine Cessna was equipped with, and using, a transponder with mode c capability. The radar data study revealed that the twin engine Cessna was displayed on the controller's radar scope for about 4 minutes before the collison. The controller did not warn the single engine Cessna pilot of the converging traffic. The TRACON was not programmed to alert the controller of a conflict between a tracked (C-172) and untracked (C-411) target.
A twin Cessna collided with a single engine Cessna from the single engine Cessna's 7 o'clock position. The single engine Cessna crashed and the twin Cessna landed without further incident. Both airplanes were conducting visual flight rules personal flights to van nuys, CA. The single engine Cessna 172 was receiving traffic advisories from burbank TRACON. The twin engine Cessna had departed fullerton and was flying a circuitous route to van nuys in order to avoid the airport radar service area. The single engine Cessna was transponder equipped but without mode c capability. The twin engine Cessna was equipped with, and using, a transponder with mode c capability. The radar data study revealed that the twin engine Cessna was displayed on the controller's radar scope for about 4 minutes before the collision. The controller did not warn the single engine Cessna pilot of the converging traffic. The TRACON was not programmed to alert the controller of a conflict between a tracked (C-172) and untracked (C-411) target.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5113A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28113
- Airframe hours
- 3,785
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kagarice, Robert H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1987 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- BUR · Burbank
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
- N63CA
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 411-0057
- Airframe hours
- 2,632
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Contour Of California Ind.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1987 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- BUR · Burbank, runway 25, 6,074 × 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 N5113A
- Age
- 44
- 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
- 1,138 total · 901 in this make and model · 931 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N63CA
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,610 total · 1,453 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.