ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373986
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Date: | Saturday 1 November 1986 |
Time: | 16:11 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 |
Owner/operator: | Nicholson Air Services Inc. |
Registration: | N5897U |
MSN: | 2826799 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5754 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bloomington, MD -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cumberland, MD (CBE |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WITNESSES OBSERVED 2 AIRCRAFT FLYING NEAR TREETOP LEVEL AND REPORTED THAT ONE APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 10 FEET BEHIND THE OTHER. THE LEAD AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHEN THE PILOT DELAYED HIS PULLUP TO A POINT WHERE HE WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB OVER A RIDGE ON HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE BEING FLOWN BY FOREIGN PILOTS ENROLLED IN THE OPERATOR'S PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO87FA006 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO87FA006
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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