- Date
- July 7, 1973
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19730707026462A19730707026461A
- Case key
- 189771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1560 73/7/7 SONOMA,CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 180 TIME - 1500 N5127T PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA SKY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SONOMA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING 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 - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- CHAMPION CRASHED INTO RESIDENTIAL GARAGE.BEECH HAD CTC WITH UNICOM.NO CTC WITH CHAMPION.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1560 73/7/7 SONOMA,CALIF BEECH V35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 3000 TIME - 1500 N3746Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA SKY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF SONOMA,CALIF 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 SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED ARPT.BEECH ON FINAL STRUCK BY CHAMPION TURNING FROM SHORT BASE LEG.BEECH LND OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3746Q
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma Sky Park
N3746QRegistration cancelled May 7, 2014 · Beech V35Airframe modelBeech V35Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.
- Registration
- N5127T
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sonoma Sky Park
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.