- Date
- February 7, 1990, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19900207001752A19900207001751A
- Case key
- 26605
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of the Cessna, which resulted in his failure to see-and-avoid the Piper.
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
An instructor (CFI) & student in a Piper PA-28, & a private pilot in a Cessna 152, were practicing takeoffs & landings. As the Piper was on final approach for a full stop landing, the Cessna turned onto a close-in high base leg. The CFI radioed the Cessna pilot & advised him of the Piper's position. The Cessna pilot acknowledged seeing the Piper, & the CFI (in the Piper) elected to continue with the approach. After the Piper touched down & was on the landing rolling, the Cessna landed on the Piper. Both aircraft were substantially damaged, but the pilots were not injured. The Cessna pilot reported that he was practicing a simulated engine out forced landing & that he did not observe the Piper until just before touchdown.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N32744
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515231
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Horizon Aviation
- Departed
- AUN · Auburn, CA
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln, runway 33, 6,100 × 100 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
- N67321
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281752
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerosystems, Inc..
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln, runway 33, 6,100 × 100 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 N32744
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,270 total · 498 in this make and model · 1,189 as pilot in command · 213 in the last 90 days · 76 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N67321
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 110 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MCC, 15 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.