- Date
- April 13, 1968
- Place
- Pascagoula, MS · PASCAGOULA, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4803 68/4/13 PASCAGOULA,MISS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 12000 TIME - 0635 N9646S PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCAGOULA,MISS PASCAGOULA,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 85 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- LACK OF VIGILANCE OF PLTS DUE TO FISH SPOTTING OPERATIONS. SEVERAL ACFT IN VICINITY. PLT LND OK.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4803 68/4/13 PASCAGOULA,MISS PIPER PA-18A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 18000 TIME - 0635 N7771D PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCAGOULA,MISS PASCAGOULA,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 85 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- R WG OF N7771D STRUCK R WG STRUTS AND LOWER FUSELAGE OF N9646S FROM BELOW AND BEHIND. ACFT SPUN IN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7771D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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
- N9646S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9646SRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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.