- Date
- August 4, 1976
- Place
- Castro Valley, CA · CASTRO VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19760804032422A19760804032421A
- Case key
- 155750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2948 76/8/4 CASTRO VALLEY,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 500 TIME - 1807 N8875J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAYWARD AIR TERM. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA. RIO VISTA,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 25 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 140 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- AIR TRFFC CNTRLR FAILED TO ADVISE ALTITUDE OF N7523N TO N8875N.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2948 76/8/4 CASTRO VALLEY,CA BEECH 36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 65, 14860 TIME - 1907 N7523N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1910 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METRO OAKLAND INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA. OAKLAND,CA. 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 FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 15 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 140 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- AIR TRFFC CNTRLR FAILED TO RELAY ALTITUDE OF N7523N TO N8875J AS PER AGREEMENT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7523N
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Metro Oakland Int
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
- N8875J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Hayward Air Term.
N8875JRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.