- Date
- January 13, 1973
- Place
- Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19730113000891A19730113000892A
- Case key
- 169540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0095 73/1/13 EDGEWATER,MD PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 241 TIME - 1605 N9439D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGEWATER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN 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 - OTHER CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N9439D ON LONG FINAL.OBS SAW N5483Z TURN TO FINAL ABOVE N4939D.BOTH ACFT CONT APCH.UNCNTRLLED ARPT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0095 73/1/13 EDGEWATER,MD PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N5483Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 3 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGEWATER,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN 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 - OTHER CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- OBS ON GRND WAVED HIS ARMS TO WARN PLTS.N9439D PULLED UP INTO N5483Z.ANTI-COLLISION LT NOT ON.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5483Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lee
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
- N9439D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lee
N9439DRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2013 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
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 N5483Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.