Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Belvidere Ltd Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Sunday, September 10, 1995 11:45 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A MAULE M-5 PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER PERFORMING A COMPLETE ENGINE RUN-UP AND COCKPIT CHECK, HE TAXIED THE AIRPLANE IN PREPARATION FOR TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STOPPED THE AIRPLANE ON AN AREA BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY TO CHECK FOR LANDING TRAFFIC. SEEING SEVERAL AIRPLANES, THE PILOT WAITED FOR TWO ARRIVALS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TAXIED HIS AIRPLANE ONTO THE RUNWAY, AFTER THESE AIRPLANES LANDED AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BEFORE POSITIONING HIS AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER FOR TAKEOFF. AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE WAS IMPACTED BY A PITTS S2R, WHICH WAS LANDING ON THE SAME RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT BEFORE EACH TAKEOFF HE NORMALLY PERFORMED SEVERAL 360 DEGREE TURNS IN HIS TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE AS A PRECAUTION TO CHECK FOR TRAFFIC, BUT HE HAD NOT ON THIS DAY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in failure of each pilot to see-and-avoid the other airplane.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/10/1995 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1145 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | BELVIDERE |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 61008 |
| Event Date Year | 1995 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BELVIDERE LTD |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | C77 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 856 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1158 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 241 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | RFD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 736 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 14 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3600 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 50 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1491 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 10 1995 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2125 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 7 2001 12:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N5669P | N79DG |
| NTSB Number | CHI95LA318A | CHI95LA318B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Substantial | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MAULE | AVIAT |
| Aircraft Model | M-5 | PITTS S2R |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | M-5 | PITTS S2R |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 8091C | 2184 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2300 | 1575 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 11 1995 12:00AM | May 4 1995 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 8 | 80 |
| Airframe Hours | 485 | 1491 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | THOMAS G. HAERLE | MICHAEL J. MALONEY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 100 NORTH ELMORE | 2333 CENTRAL STREET, APT. #103 |
| Aircraft Owner City | PARK RIDGE | EVANSTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 60068 | 60201 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ||
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | ||
| Operator City | ||
| Operator State | ||
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | ||
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | No |
| Departure Airport Code | C77 | WI10 |
| Departure City | WILMOT | |
| Departure State | WI | |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1145 | 1045 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | C77 | |
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 9 | 9 |
| Runway Length | 2500 | 2500 |
| Runway Width | 200 | 200 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |