- Date
- May 16, 1964
- Place
- Westminister, CA · WESTMINISTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3062HErcoupe 415C142922Douglas A4-B
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0363 64/5/16 WESTMINISTER CAL DOUGLAS A4-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1128 142922 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 34, 1743 TOTAL HOURS, 206 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 28 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 38 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* REMARKS- NAVY A/C 3142922 WAS WINGMAN OF TWO PLANE NAVY FORMATION FLIGHT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0363 64/5/16 WESTMINISTER CAL ERCOUPE 415C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1128 N3062H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 152 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 10 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* REMARKS- NAVY A/C 3142922 WAS WINGMAN OF TWO PLANE NAVY FORMATION FLIGHT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3062H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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
- 142922
- Reported as
- Douglas A4-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nas Los Alamitos