ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281714
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August 2022 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Monterey Bay Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | N49931 |
| MSN: | 15281402 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Watsonville Airport (WVI/KWVI), Watsonville, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Watsonville Airport, CA (WVI/KWVI) |
| Watsonville Airport, CA (WVI/KWVI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On August 18, 2022, about 1455 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N49931, and a Cessna 340, N740WJ, were destroyed when they were involved in a midair collision near Watsonville, California. The pilot of N49931 and the pilot and passenger of N740WJ were fatally injured. Both airplanes were operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flights.
The pilot of the single-engine airplane was operating in the airport traffic pattern and had been making position reports on the airport’s common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF). The pilot of the multi-engine airplane made an initial radio call on the CTAF 10 miles from the airport, announcing his intention to perform a straight-in approach for landing. Both pilots continued to make appropriate position reports, but did not communicate with each other until the multiengine airplane was about one mile from the airport and the single-engine airplane had turned onto the base leg of the traffic pattern for landing. Realizing that the multi-engine airplane was converging upon him, the pilot of the single-engine airplane announced a go-around, and the airplanes collided on final approach for the runway about 150 ft above ground level (agl).
Examination of the airplanes revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The multi-engine airplane’s wing flaps and landing gear were both retracted at the accident site, consistent with the pilot’s failure to configure the airplane for landing, and flight track information indicated that the pilot maintained a ground speed of about 180 knots throughout the approach until the collision occurred, which may have reduced the time available for him to see and avoid the singleengine airplane.
The toxicology report for the pilot of the single-engine airplane revealed THC, metabolites for THC, metabolites for cocaine, and ketamine; the low amounts of each drug were not considered causal to the accident. The toxicology report for the multi-engine airplane pilot revealed THC, and metabolites of THC; the low amounts of each drug were not considered causal to the accident.
Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot of the multi-engine airplane to see and avoid the single-engine airplane while performing a straight-in approach for landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kron4.com/news/two-small-planes-collide-in-santa-cruz-county/amp/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105763
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=49931
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Cessna-152/4193861 (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
Multiple agencies responded to Watsonville Municipal Airport after 2 planes attempting to land collided. We have reports of multiple fatalities.
— City of Watsonville (@WatsonvilleCity) August 18, 2022
Report came in at 2:56pm.
Investigation is underway, updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/pltHIAyw5p
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2022 23:14 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 18-Aug-2022 23:29 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Aug-2022 06:05 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2022 06:07 | harro | Updated [Category] |
| 19-Aug-2022 13:24 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2022 13:26 | johnwg | Updated [[Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative]] |
| 19-Aug-2022 13:31 | johnwg | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2022 06:58 | harro | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Sep-2022 22:44 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2022 16:19 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Mar-2024 20:44 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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