- Date
- September 26, 1978
- Place
- Plymouth, MA · PLYMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780926028512I19780926028511I
- Case key
- 139348
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3239 78/9/26 PLYMOUTH,MA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N98263 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 516 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 2 369 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MA 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 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 - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3239 78/9/26 PLYMOUTH,MA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N25357 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 520 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 504 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLYMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N25357
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plymouth
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
- N98263
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Plymouth
N98263Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.