- Date
- March 19, 1969
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0154 69/3/19 KANSAS CITY,KANS BELL 47G2A1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 7800 TIME - 1120 N73997 PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 950 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX 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 FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - GROUND CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 110 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- GRND CTLR FAILED TO INSTR N73997 TO CTC LOCAL CTLR FOR TFC ADVY.CTLRS UNAWARE OF CONFLICTING TFC.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0154 69/3/19 KANSAS CITY,KANS CESSNA 150H CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1120 N22790 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 40, 4722 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 1457 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX 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 FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - LOCAL CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 110 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- BOTH ACFT CRASHED IN CITY AREA.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N22790
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fairfax
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
- N73997
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fairfax
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.