- Date
- July 18, 1971
- Place
- R.Gebaur Afb, MO · R.GEBAUR AFB, MO
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- AF 70751Lockheed T-33N7159DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163605
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0055 71/7/18 NR.R.GEBAUR AFB,MO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 243 TIME - 1050 N7159D PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARDS GEBAUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STATELINE ARPT,KANS COFFEYVILLE,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 40 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* REMARKS- LDG GR FAIRING OF PA-22 HIT BY T-33 UPPER VERT FIN.BOTH LND OK.RADAR COULDNT ACCT FOR ALL TRAFFIC.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0055 71/7/18 NR.R.GEBAUR AFB,MO LOCKHEED T-33 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1050 AF 70751 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 5 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARDS GEBAUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION R.GEBAUR AFB,MO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - APPROACH CTL-DEPARTURE RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY DEPARTURE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 40 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- MIL RATED PLT WAS WG MAN IN 2 SHIP FORMATION. AF PLTS ADVISED OF OTR TRAFFIC IN AREA.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- AF 70751
- Reported as
- Lockheed T-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Richards Gebaur
- Registration
- N7159D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Richards Gebaur
N7159DRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2005 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.