- Date
- October 8, 1971
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1998 71/10/8 TOPEKA,KANS CESSNA 182N CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1002 N92511 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 48, 8588 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILIP BILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAWRENCE,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CESSNA WAS FLYING PRACTICE ILS BACK COURSE APCH TO RWY 31.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1998 71/10/8 TOPEKA,KANS BEECH S35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 799 TIME - 1002 N5883S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 346 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILIP BILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAWRENCE,KANS TOPEKA,KANS 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 SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- BEECH WAS ON R BASE LEG FOR RWY 35. BOTH ACFT WERE ON SAME CTL TWR FREQUENCY.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5883S
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philip Billard
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
- N92511
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philip Billard
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.