- Date
- May 2, 1965
- Place
- Westerlo, NY · WESTERLO, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0256 65/5/2 WESTERLO NY TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 126 TIME - 1705 N96174 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- JUDGEMENT OF BOTH PILOTS ATTEMPTING FLIGHT CLOSE TO AIRCRAFT OF THE OTHER
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0256 65/5/2 WESTERLO NY HUGHES 269A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1633 TIME - 1705 N8905F PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 352 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- JUDGEMENT OF BOTH PILOTS ATTEMPTING FLIGHT CLOSE TO AIRCRAFT OF THE OTHER
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N8905F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westerlo
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
- N96174
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westerlo
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.