- Date
- August 26, 1977
- Place
- Little Norway, CA · LITTLE NORWAY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19770826039341A19770826039342A
- Case key
- 145529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3656 77/8/26 LITTLE NORWAY,CA CESSNA 182C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 5000 TIME - 1100 N8532T PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH LAKE TAHOE,CA SAN FRANCISCO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL 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 - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT WAS OVERTAKEN AND STRUCK FROM THE REAR BY N7481S.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3656 77/8/26 LITTLE NORWAY,CA AEROSTAR 601 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 6444 TIME - 1100 N7481S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 4 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH LAKE TAHOE,CA OAKLAND,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 SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- ACFT OVERTOOK N8532T.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7481S
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe
N7481SRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Smith AEROSTAR 601Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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
- N8532T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe
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.
Other investigations on N7481S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.