- Date
- August 4, 1979
- Place
- W Palm Beach, FL · W PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790804024652A19790804024651A
- Case key
- 134153
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2570 79/8/4 W PALM BEACH,FL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 562 TIME - 1100 N7708Y PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 2 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - W PALM BEACH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W PALM BEACH,FL LOCAL 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 SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - LOCAL CONTROL TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2570 79/8/4 W PALM BEACH,FL CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 426 TIME - 1100 N5111G PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - W PALM BEACH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W PALM BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - LOCAL CONTROL TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5111G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- W Palm Beach Intl
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
- N7708Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- W Palm Beach Intl
N7708YRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2021 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320-B1A
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.