- Date
- November 18, 1989, 15:47 local (21:47 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19891118045821A19891118045822A
- Case key
- 34876
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot in command in both aircraft.
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
During flight in visual meteorological conditions, an aircraft on a IFR flight plan and an aircraft operating without a flight plan collided at 2500 feet MSL. Visibility at the time of the collision was reported as 15 miles.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5678K
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-762
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dean Frye
- Registered owner
- 78 Kilo, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1989
- Departed
- EBS · Webster City, IA
- Destination
- FCM · Flying Cloud, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Airlake
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
- N7343X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059443
- Airframe hours
- 7,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephan Stenzel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 51 hours before
- Airport
- Airlake
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 N5678K
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 25 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N7343X
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 25 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 20 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 N5678K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.