- Date
- June 4, 1972
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167223
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3072 72/6/4 MERCED,CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 280 TIME - 0930 N5361R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CALIF MERCED,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HIT PIPER N3637N
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3072 72/6/4 MERCED,CALIF PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N3637N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 669 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 565 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HIT CESSNA N5361R
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3637N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merced
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
- N5361R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merced
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.