- Date
- June 2, 1969
- Place
- Snohomish, WA · SNOHOMISH, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1185 69/6/2 SNOHOMISH,WASH STINSON 108-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 155 TIME - 1825 N9060K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SNOHOMISH 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- N9060K OVERTOOK N85071,COLLIDING WITH L SIDE OF EMPENNAGE FROM THE REAR.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1185 69/6/2 SNOHOMISH,WASH AERONCA 7AC CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1825 N85071 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 58, 17000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 HOURS, 12000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SNOHOMISH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED ARPT.WITNESS REPORTED BOTH ACFT ON FIRE AFTER COLLISION.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N85071
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Snohomish
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
- N9060K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Snohomish
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.