- Date
- May 14, 1965
- Place
- Lodi-Garfield, NJ · LODI-GARFIELD, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178045
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0292 65/5/14 LODI-GARFIELD NJ BEECHCRAFT 23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 600 TIME - 0943 N8734M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TETERBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID 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 - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 35 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 126 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- TERRAIN TYPE-BOTH ACRAFT CRASHED IN CITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.N8734M OVERTOOK AND STRUCK N5342Z.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0292 65/5/14 LODI-GARFIELD NJ PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 19 TOTAL TIME - 0943 N5342Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TETERBORO 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.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 35 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 126 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- TERRAIN TYPE-BOTH ACRAFT CRASHED IN CITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.N8734M OVERTOOK AND STRUCK N5342Z.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5342Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Teterboro
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
- N8734M
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Teterboro
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.