- Date
- December 30, 1990, 13:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19901230056452A19901230056451A
- Case key
- 27084
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Probable cause
Both pilots used poor visual lookout procedures.
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
Both airplanes landed on runway 06. The Cessna airplane was cleared to taxi southeast on taxiway 2 and the Mooney was cleared to taxi southwest on taxiway b. both pilots used poor visual lookout procedures and collided nearly head-on at the intersection of taxiway 2 and taxiway b.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N739ZV
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270933
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerome Katz
- Airport
- RYN · Ryan, runway 6, 5,504 × 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
- N3567H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5870220
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lee, Hoover
- Airport
- RYN · Ryan, runway 6, 5,504 × 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 N739ZV
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3567H
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 50 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N739ZV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.