ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39637
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 March 1987 |
| Time: | 09:58 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II |
| Owner/operator: | Northstar Aviation/UPS |
| Registration: | N39614 |
| MSN: | 32R7885232 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oakland, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Marysville, CA (MYV) |
| Oakland Airport, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On March 31, 1987, about 09:58 local time, a Cessna 172N (N75584) that had departed from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport collided with a Piper PA-32RT-300 (N39614) cargo flight that was cleared to land at the airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The collision occurred at an approximate altitude of 1,000 feet msl, about 1 mile north of the departure end of runway 33. The airplanes were destroyed, all three persons on the airplanes were killed, and one person on the ground was injured as a result of the collision.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of each pilot-in-command to see and avoid the other aircraft and the failure of the local controller to perceive the traffic conflict and issue traffic advisories.
Contributing to the accident was the reduction in airspace separation between arriving and departing aircraft at Oakland's north field runways caused by the failure of the FAA to exercise its authority over airspace management and the Oakland airport authority's establishment of noise abatement departure patterns without FAA approval. Also contributing to the accident was the decision to remove the BRITE radar from service while the tower was in operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001213X30415
La Nación 1 April 1987, p30A
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Oct-2017 18:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 15-Feb-2020 18:05 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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