- Date
- April 19, 1981
- Place
- Venice, FL · VENICE, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5211ECessna 172N83159Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19810419017592A19810419017591A
- Case key
- 125548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1153 81/4/19 VENICE,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 129 TIME - 1846 N83159 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 4 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENICE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT MYERS,FL VENICE,FL 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 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- LOW WING ACFT,TCHDWN ON TOP OF HI WING,CESSNA 172.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1153 81/4/19 VENICE,FL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1044 TIME - 1846 N5211E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 216 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENICE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FL VENICE,FL 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 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- HI WING ACFT,LOW WING PIPER PA-28 CONVERGED FM ABOVE
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5211E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Venice 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
- N83159
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Venice Muni
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19810419017592ACessna 172N · Venice, FLOn landing roll, other aircraft Piper PA28, N83159, landed on top of his airplane. Was on wrong UNICOM frequency.Accident 19810419017591APiper PA28161 · Venice, FLLanded on top of Cessna 172, N5211E. Factors different UNICOM frequency. Low and high wing aircraft. Vigilence.
Other investigations on N5211E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.