- Date
- August 24, 1974
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19740824034772A19740824034771A
- Case key
- 136844
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2754 74/8/24 VANCOUVER,WASH CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 158 TIME - 1514 N8647S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSON AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VANCOUVER,WASH VANCOUVER,WASH ARLINGTON,OREG 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- STRAIGHT-IN APCH.NEITHER PLT SAW OTR TRAFFIC.UNCONTROLLED ARPT.N8647S HIT WAREHOUSE ROOF.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2754 74/8/24 VANCOUVER,WASH CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1514 N1445Q PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSON AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HILLSBORO,OREG OLYMPIA,WASH VANCOUVER,WASH 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 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 - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT OPERATING REMARKS- MADE RT HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN TO FINAL APCH.OTR ACFT ON STRAIGHT-IN FINAL.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1445Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pearson Airpark
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
- N8647S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pearson Airpark
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.