- Date
- January 30, 1972
- Place
- Great Bend, KS · GREAT BEND, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 72/1/30 GREAT BEND,KANS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1257 N8219N PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT BEND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP RUSSELL,KANS RETURN GREAT BEND,KANS 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PA-28 PLT CALLED UNICOM 5 MI OUT.WAS TOLD OF TRAFFIC.BELIEVED PA-15 WAS VACATING RWY.LND OVER PA15
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 72/1/30 GREAT BEND,KANS PIPER PA-15 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1257 N4451H PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 8600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT BEND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT BEND,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED ARPT.PA-15 HAD NO RADIO.BOTH ACFT WERE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN PRIOR TO ACCDT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4451H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Great Bend Muni
N4451HRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Piper PA-15Airframe modelPiper PA-15Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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
- N8219N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Bend 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.