Narrative:An Eastern Air Lines DC-9, N8943E, and a Cessna U206 Super Skywagon, N2110F, collided in flight on the final approach to runway 05, Raleigh-Durham Airport, North Carolina. Both aircraft were in communication with the Tower Control.
The DC-9 landed safely with no injuries to the 23 passengers and four crewmembers. The Cessna crashed and burned on the airport. The pilot and the only passenger in the Cessna were fatally injured.
As a result of the collision, the Cessna became affixed to the landing gear of the DC-9.
Both aircraft were aligned along their longitudinal axis with the main landing gear of the DC-9 impaled in the trailing edges of the wings of the Cessna. The Cessna was transported in this manner for several miles before it fell free and impacted in a near-vertical attitude on the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The inadequacy of air traffic control facilities and services in flightpaths of the two aircraft and the configurations physically limited each flightcrew's ability to see and avoid the other aircraft."
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The inadequacy of air traffic control facilities and services in flightpaths of the two aircraft and the configurations physically limited each flightcrew's ability to see and avoid the other aircraft."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 123 days (4 months) | Accident number: | NTSB-AAR-72-13 | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
» NTSB/AAR-72/13
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 2 Safety Recommendations
Issued: 26-JAN-1972 | To: | A-72-27 |
REQUIRE THE PILOTS OF ALL AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE TRANSPONDER TO HAVE THE TRANSPONDER TURNED "ON" AND ADJUSTED TO REPLY ON THE APPROPRIATE MODE A/3 CODE WHENEVER VFR OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED INTO, OR IN PROXIMITY TO, AN AIRPORT SERVICED BY A RADAR APPROACH CONTROL FACILITY. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 26-JAN-1972 | To: | A-72-28 |
REQUIRE AN EXCHANGE OF PERTINENT TRAFFIC INFORMATION BETWEEN THE CONTROL TOWER AND THE ASSOCIATED RADAR APPROACH CONTROL FACILITY WHENEVER A PILOT WHO IS OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH VFR HAS REQUESTED A SERVICE OR STATED HIS INTENDED FLIGHT OPERATIONS. SUCH EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED ON A LOWER PRIORITY BASIS THAN THAT ACCORDED TO THE TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL CLEARANCES. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC as the crow flies is 1123 km (702 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.