- Date
- August 12, 1985, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19850812040721A19850812040722A
- Case key
- 31254
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with another acft at about 300 ft AGL during the aproach to a practice precision lndg. After the collision both acft landed saftely.
Plt was performing a sideslip during the final approach and failed to see the aircraft ahead in time to avert the collision. The sun was low on the horizon and within 10 degrees of the acft heading. Acft landed safely on rwy.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N704MH
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078716
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rudolf Schachinger
- Registered owner
- Kay Cee Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 10, 1985
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimme Municipal
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
- N4745B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283613
- Airframe hours
- 2,797
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Berndt Jan-Olot Friskman
- Registered owner
- Gateway Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 22, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimme Municipal, runway 6, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N704MH
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Foreign, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 865 total · 200 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N4745B
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,180 total · 2,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.