- Date
- January 18, 1975
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19750118002342A19750118002341A
- Case key
- 146970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0098 75/1/18 FREMONT,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 488 TIME - 1623 N16538 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA 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 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 CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PA-28 CRASHED IN SCHOOL YARD. GLIDER UNDER TOW BY PA-18 AT IMPACT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0098 75/1/18 FREMONT,CA SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1623 N1243S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 62, 26517 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 HOURS, 591 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE 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 - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1243S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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- Registration
- N16538
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.