- Date
- December 12, 1971
- Place
- Erwinna, PA · ERWINNA, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4331 71/12/12 ERWINNA,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, UNK/NR TIME - 1550 N8466W PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN SANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,PA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- COLLIDED IN VICINITY OF UNCONTROLLED ARPT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4331 71/12/12 ERWINNA,PA CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1115 TIME - 1555 N5197X PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 3 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN SANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERWINNA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N5197X HAD RELEASED GLIDER AND WAS ON NORTHERLY HEADING.N8466W WAS ON EASTERLY HEADING.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5197X
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Van Sant
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
- N8466W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Van Sant
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.