- Date
- May 20, 1974
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19740520018481A19740520018482A
- Case key
- 124302
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1288 74/5/20 TEWKSBURY,MASS AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 183 TIME - 1620 N6028L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEWKSBURY,MASS 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 103 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 12 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- ACFT NW BOUND COLLIDED WITH N4MB APRX 2MI N OF ARPT.GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1288 74/5/20 TEWKSBURY,MASS PIPER PA-28R CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 408 TIME - 1620 N4MB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWOOD,MASS TEWKSBURY,MASS 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 - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 65 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 12 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- BOTH PLTS QUALIFIED IN ACFT.ACFT COLLIDED WITH N6028L APRX 2MI N OF TEW-MAC ARPT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4MB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
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
- N6028L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
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.