- Date
- December 17, 1966
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1057 66/12/17 TACOMA WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N7052R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TACOMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- N7052R LANDED ON TOP OF N4545R DURING SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. PLT MADE CLOSE IN PATTERN.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1057 66/12/17 TACOMA WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N4545R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 48, 1137 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 739 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TACOMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- PLT OF N7052R MADE CLOSE IN PATTERN ON SIMULATED FORCED LANDING AND LANDED ON TOP OF N4545R.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4545R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tacoma
N4545RRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 2007 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- N7052R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tacoma
N7052RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.