- Date
- February 26, 1979
- Place
- Greenville, MS · GREENVILLE, MS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790226015602A19790226015601A
- Case key
- 137147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1010 79/2/26 NR.GREENVILLE,MS BEECH 95A55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 2699 TIME - 1425 N500MG PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOTHAN,AL GREENVILLE,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1010 79/2/26 NR.GREENVILLE,MS BEECH 58 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 7166 TIME - 1425 N2055K PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3066 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,MS CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE 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 - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2055K
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greenville Muni
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
- N500MG
- Reported as
- Beech 95A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greenville Muni
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19790226015602ABeech 58 · Greenville, MSCollided with another acft during a VFR climb to assigned IFR altiitude. Other acft descending inbound to airportAccident 19790226015601ABeech 95A55 · Greenville, MSCollided head-on with other acft during a descent to airport. Other acft was climbing out VFR to IFR altitude.