ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39747
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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1992 |
| Time: | 14:57 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga |
| Owner/operator: | Control Systems Engineering Inc. |
| Registration: | N82419 |
| MSN: | 32-8006074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Greenwood, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Terry Airport, IN |
| Greenwood Municipal Airport, IN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N74FB) was destroyed when it collided with a Piper PA-32-301 (N82419 of Control Systems Engineering Inc) went out of control, and crashed shortly after taking off from Greenwood Municipal Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana. The PA-32 crash-landed in the garden of a house and was destroyed by fire.
The collision happened in clear fine weather at 2,100 feet agl some two miles north of the airfield. The MU-2 had taken off from Runway 36 and had begun a climbing turn to the east towards Columbus, its destination, while the PA-32 had earlier departed from Terry, Indiana, and was flying south. The PA-32 was operating under VFR, with 'flight following' and had just been advised that it was three miles north of Greenwood while the MU-2 had just contacted ATC after departure for IFR clearance to Columbus. Ohio.
Of the five persons on board the MU-2B (pilot and four passengers) all were killed. The occupants of the MU-2 included four 'prominent Indiana businessmen'. Of the three persons on board the Piper PA-32, one (the pilot) was killed, and the two passengers were seriously injured.
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be: The inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid concept of separation of aircraft operating under visual flight rules, that precluded the pilots of the MU-2 and the PA-32 from recognizing a collision hazard and taking actions to avoid the mid-air collision.
Contributing to the cause of the accident was the failure of the MU-2 pilot to use all the air traffic control services available by not activating his instrument flight rules flight plan before take-off. Also contributing to the cause of the accident was the failure of both pilots to follow traffic pattern procedures, as recommended in the airman's information manual, for airport arrivals and departures
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X15679
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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] |
| 15-Feb-2020 18:48 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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