- Date
- November 22, 1991, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19911122053381A19911122053382A
- Case key
- 41562
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout on the part of the pilot as well as both the flight instructor and student of the other aircraft. A factor contributing to the accident was the other pilot's lack of landing light usage.
Inadequate visual lookout on the part of both the flight instructor and student as well as the pilot of the other aircraft. Factors contributing to the accident were sun glare and the other pilot's lack of landing/strobe light usage.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The Cessna 172 had entered the pattern on downwind and was established on a long final for runway 10L. The Cessna 150, which was returning from an instructional flight, was observed executing a close in base leg and descending steeply. The Cessna 150'S left wing impacted the Cessna 172'S dorsal fin and vertical stabilizer on short final. The Cessna 172 was observed to complete approximately 270 degrees of a loop before impacting the ground. The Cessna 150 rolled left and impacted the ground in a nose low inverted attitude. Both aircraft had only their single anti collision beacons operating but not their taxi/landing lights. The Cessna 172'S strobe light was not switched on at the time of the accident. The sun's elevation was determined to be 5 to 7 degrees above the horizon at an azimuth of 212 to 215 degrees magnetic.
The Cessna 172 had entered the pattern on downwind and was established on a long final for runway 10L. The Cessna 150 which was returning from an instructional flight, was observed executing a close in base leg and descending steeply. The Cessna 150'S left wing impacted the Cessna 172'S dorsal fin and vertical stabilizer on short final. The Cessna 172 was observed to complete approximately 270 degrees of a loop before impacting the ground. The Cessna 150 rolled left and impacted the ground in a nose low inverted attitude. Both aircraft had only their single anti collision beacons operating but not their taxi/landing lights. The Cessna 172'S strobe light was not switched on at the time of the accident. The sun's elevation was determined to be 5 to 7 degrees above the horizon at an azimuth of 212 to 215 degrees magnetic.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2582J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061082
- Airframe hours
- 3,764
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Evergreen Flying Svc., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Evergreen Flying Svc., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1991 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen Airpark, runway 1, 2,545 × 42 ft, asphalt
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
- N20938
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263875
- Airframe hours
- 2,738
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mill Plain Flying Svc., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mill Plain Flying Svc., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1991 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen Airpark, runway 1, 2,545 × 42 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2582J
- Age
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,657 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,429 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N20938
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 4 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.