- Date
- April 10, 1994, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19940410008251A19940410008252A
- Case key
- 28723
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Probable cause
The pilot of the other aircraft failed to maintain an adequate visual lookout.
the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing.
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 Stinson (N6319M) was taxiing to parking after landing and collided with a standing Cessna 210B (N9616X), which was waiting to takeoff. The Stinson pilot (N6319M) said he had landed on runway 27 and taxied back on a parallel taxiway to the approach end of the runway in order to cross to his parking area. The pilot stated that he did not see anyone on the far side and crossed the runway in a southerly direction. As the aircraft reached the other side of the runway, it collided left wing to left wing with the Cessna 210B (N9616X), which was stopped in a northerly direction waiting to pull onto the runway.
A Stinson (N6319M) was taxiing to parking after landing and collided with a standing Cessna 210B (N9616X), which was waiting to takeoff. The Stinson pilot (N6319M) said he had landed on runway 27 and taxied back on a parallel taxiway to the approach end of the runway in order to cross to his parking area. The pilot stated that he did not see anyone on the far side and crossed the runway in a southerly direction. As the aircraft reached the other side of the runway, it collided left wing to left wing with the Cessna 210B (N9616X), which was stopped in a northerly direction waiting to pull onto the runway.
Factual narrative
On April 10, 1994, at 1045 Pacific daylight time, a Stinson 108- 3, N6319M, collided with a Cessna 210B, N9616X, while taxiing on the airport at Ramona, California. The Stinson, owned and operated by the pilot, was taxiing to parking from landing after a local area personal flight. The Cessna, owned and operated by the pilot, was taxiing for departure. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plans were filed for the respective operations. Both aircraft sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries to any of the aircraft occupants. The Stinson flight, with the pilot as the sole occupant, originated at the Ramona airport on the day of the accident at 0945 hours as a local area personal flight. The Cessna operation, with the pilot and one passenger onboard, was originating at the time of the collision as a flight to Corona, California.
According to a verbal and written statement from the Stinson pilot (N6319M), he had landed on runway 27 and taxied back on a parallel taxiway to the approach end of the runway in order to cross to his parking area. The pilot stated that he did not see anyone on the far side and crossed the runway in a southerly direction. As the aircraft reached the other side of the runway, it collided left wing to left wing with the Cessna 210B (N9616X), which was stopped in a northerly direction waiting to pull onto the runway.
On April 10, 1994, at 1045 Pacific daylight time, a Stinson 108- 3, N6319M, collided with a Cessna 210B, N9616X, while taxiing on the airport at Ramona, California. The Stinson, owned and operated by the pilot, was taxiing to parking from landing after a local area personal flight. The Cessna, owned and operated by the pilot, was taxiing for departure. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plans were filed for the respective operations. Both aircraft sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries to any of the aircraft occupants. The Stinson flight, with the pilot as the sole occupant, originated at the Ramona airport on the day of the accident at 0945 hours as a local area personal flight. The Cessna operation, with the pilot and one passenger onboard, was originating at the time of the collision as a flight to Corona, California.
According to a verbal and written statement from the Stinson pilot (N6319M), he had landed on runway 27 and taxied back on a parallel taxiway to the approach end of the runway in order to cross to his parking area. The pilot stated that he did not see anyone on the far side and crossed the runway in a southerly direction. As the aircraft reached the other side of the runway, it collided left wing to left wing with the Cessna 210B (N9616X), which was stopped in a northerly direction waiting to pull onto the runway.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6319M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-4319
- Airframe hours
- 2,352
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernhard O. Peterson
- Registered owner
- Bernhard O. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1993 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona Airport, runway 27, 4,000 × 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
- N9616X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21057916
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maurice D. Bowers
- Registered owner
- Maurice D. Bowers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- L39
- Destination
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona Airport, runway 27, 4,000 × 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 N6319M
- Age
- 74
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,542 total · 2,414 in this make and model · 3,475 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N9616X
- Age
- 71
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 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.