- Date
- February 5, 1966
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65885Aeronca L-16N8145GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174087
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0060 66/2/5 MUSCLE SHOALS ALA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1644 N8145G PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT-FAILED TO LOCATE REPORTED CONFLICTNG TRAFFIC SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 20 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 20 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0060 66/2/5 MUSCLE SHOALS ALA AERONCA L-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1800 TIME - 1644 N65885 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 20 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 20 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N65885
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Muscle Shoals
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
- N8145G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Muscle Shoals