Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 9 September 1956
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3A-453
Owner/operator: Continental Air Lines
Registration Number: NC33315
Location: Bartlesville, OK –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Right aileron coveringRight aileron covering
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft collided with a Cessna 170B near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The Cessna was approaching a downwind leg of its traffic pattern when the DC-3 struck it. Aileron covering was lost, resulting in damage to the Cessna’s right stabilizer and aileron. Both aircraft landed safely.A DC-3 aircraft collided with a Cessna 170B near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The Cessna was approaching a downwind leg of its traffic pattern when the DC-3 struck it. Aileron covering was lost, resulting in damage to the Cessna’s right stabilizer and aileron. Both aircraft landed safely.
Description
The DC-3 departed Tulsa at 14:18 CST for a VFR flight to Bartlesville. It approached Bartlesville and about to enter a downwind leg of the traffic pattern when it collided with a Cessna 170B (N8143A) aircraft at 1700 feet msl. The right aileron covering was cut (13 in.) by the Cessna’s prop and there was some damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and aileron. Both aircraft landed safely. The Cessna had taken off from Dewey Airport at 14:17 on a sightseeing trip carrying a pilot and 4 passengers. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The failure of the pilots of both aircraft to observe and avoid the other aircraft.”
Primary Cause
The failure of the pilots of both aircraft to observe and avoid the other aircraft.The failure of the pilots of both aircraft to observe and avoid the other aircraft.Share on:
