- Date
- June 14, 1970
- Place
- Scappoose, OR · SCAPPOOSE, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34324Meyers OTWN49146Aeronca L-3C
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1067 70/6/14 SCAPPOOSE,OREG AERONCA L-3C CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 46, 590 TIME - 1410 N49146 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCAPPOOSE,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- PLT OF MYERS BELIEVED DISTRACTED BY FLEET ON HIS L. AERONCA STRUCK MEYERS FROM R.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1067 70/6/14 SCAPPOOSE,OREG MEYERS OTW CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 48, 276 TIME - 1410 N34324 PX- 1 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCAPPOOSE,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- 3 ACFT ON DOWNWIND.FLEET ON L,PHOTO ACFT.MEYERS IN CENTR,AERONCA TO R.UNCONTROLLED APT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N34324
- Reported as
- Meyers OTW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia County
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
- N49146
- Reported as
- Aeronca L-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia County