- Date
- October 25, 1971
- Place
- Lodi, CA · LODI, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164294
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3898 71/10/25 LODI,CALIF ERCO 415-CD CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 70, 1013 TIME - 0810 N3568H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 995 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LODI,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PLT MADE LOW 2MI STRAIGHT-IN APCH.HIT BY N3405J FM BEHIND.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3898 71/10/25 LODI,CALIF CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 78 TOTAL TIME - 0810 N3405J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CALIF 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 FACTOR(S) 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 - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PLT FLEW NORMAL PATTERN.HIT N3568H FM BEHIND.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3405J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Linds
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
- N3568H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Linds
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.