- Date
- October 11, 1991, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Green Cove Spgs, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19911011046011A19911011046012A
- Case key
- 32968
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain a visual lookout.
The pilot in command's failure to maintain a visual lookout and failure to give right of way to the converging traffic.
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 pilot of the Cessna 177 was flying northbound on an aerial observation flight and looked down inside the cockpit to look up a frequency. When he looked out again a Cessna 152 was about 100 yards off his front right and converging at the same altitude. He attempted evasive action and his left wheel hit the Cessna 152 left wing and broke the outer wing panel. The 152 lost control and spiraled to the left and crashed. The Cessna 177 landed safely.
The pilot of the Cessna 177 was flying northbound on an aerial observation flight and looked down inside the cockpit to look up a frequency. When he looked out again a Cessna 152 was about 100 yards off his front right and converging at the same altitude. He attempted evasive action and his left wheel hit the Cessna 152 left wing and broke the outer wing panel. The 152 lost control and spiraled to the left and crashed. The Cessna 177 landed safely.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3288T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700588
- Airframe hours
- 2,223
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Sky Patrol
- Registered owner
- Eagle Sky Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1991 · 803 hours before
- Departed
- 28J · Palatka, FL
- Destination
- 88J · Allendale, SC
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
- N89296
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282705
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bachorski, Chester S.
- Registered owner
- Bachorski, Chester S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- Reynolds Arprk., FL
- Destination
- Haller Field, FL
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 N3288T
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,407 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,228 as pilot in command · 325 in the last 90 days · 147 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N89296
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 250 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 7 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.
Other investigations on N3288T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.