- Date
- September 6, 1992, 17:15 local (Sep 7, 1992, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lacey, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19920906035181A19920906035182A
- Case key
- 41590
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Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other.
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 pilot of the starduster too, N4316, departed rwy 25 at the uncontrolled arpt closely behind the CE-170, N2620V. After takeoff, he proceeded straight out in a westerly direction, and then reappeared about 1 min later traveling in the opposite direction. He executed a low level pass over rwy 7 at about 30-40 ft AGL at an airspeed estimated by to be greater than 150 mph. He then executed a rapid pull up at the east end of the runway. About the same time that the starduster pilot was beginning his low pass, the CE-170, which had entered a left closed pattern after takeoff, was beginning a continuous 180 deg left hand descending turn to the approach end of rwy 25. Approximately 1-2 sec after the Cessna rolled out on final, it and the starduster, which had just initiated its rapid pull up, collided at about 75-100 ft AGL. There is no evidence of radio transmissions from either aircraft on any frequency.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4316
- Reported as
- Snodgrass Starduster TOO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Continental E-185, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Smith, Scott W.
- Registered owner
- Smith, Scott W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1992
- Departed
- WA44
- Airport
- WA44 · Aero Plaza Airport, runway 7, 2,015 × 116 ft, grass/turf
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
- N2620V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18130
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott, William A
- Registered owner
- Scott, William A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1992
- Departed
- 0
- Airport
- WA44 · Aero Plaza Airport, runway 25, 2,015 × 116 ft, grass/turf
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 N4316
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,250 total
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2620V
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OLM, 4 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.