- Date
- November 19, 1972
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168813
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3494 72/11/19 TEWKSBURY,MASS AMER AVCO AA-1A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 18 TOTAL TIME - 0851 N7255L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEWMAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEWKSBURY,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- REMAINED IN PATTERN.OBS ON FINAL PARALLEL WITH AA-1A SLIGHTLY ABOVE.NEITHER PLT SAW THE OTR ACFT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3494 72/11/19 TEWKSBURY,MASS CESSNA 172E CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 52, 474 TIME - 0851 N5603T PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEWMAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TEWKSBURY,MASS TEWKSBURY,MASS LAWRENCE,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- RET TO BASE DUE ENROUTE WEA.ENTERED PATTERN ON 45 DEG LEG AT DEP END OF RWY.HIT DURING LDG FLARE.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5603T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tewmac
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
- N7255L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tewmac
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.