Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Flagler County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Flagler Beach, Florida 32136
Thursday, March 7, 1996 12:38 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A student pilot and flight instructor (CFI) in Piper PA-44, N7152Y, departed on an instructional flight. About 24 minutes later, a pilot and three passengers in Piper PA-28, N4258T, departed from the same airport on a personal sightseeing flight. After their departures, radar service for each airplane was terminated. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed in the area. Later, the PA-44 was observed flying southbound, paralleling a beach, about 1/2 to 3/4 mile offshore over the Atlantic Ocean. At about the same time, the PA-28 was observed to turn to a westly heading. The two airplanes converged, and a collision occurred at about 600 feet mean sea level in uncontrolled airspace. The airplanes and airplane parts were observed to descend and fall in ocean water.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
inadequate visual lookout by the pilots in both airplanes, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid conflicting traffic.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/7/1996 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1238 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | FLAGLER BEACH |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32136 |
| Event Date Year | 1996 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FLAGLER COUNTY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | X47 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 4 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 72 |
| Airport Elevation | 32 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1256 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 173 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DAB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 35 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 19 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4400 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 14 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 22 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 6 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 6 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1339 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 7 1996 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1325 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 8 2000 9:54AM |
| 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 | N4258T | N7152Y |
| NTSB Number | MIA96FA096A | MIA96FA096B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-180 | PA-44-180 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-180 | PA-44-180 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-7205089 | 44-8095016 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2400 | 3800 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 5 1996 12:00AM | Feb 9 1996 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 2 | 79 |
| Airframe Hours | 3745 | 5999 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ROBERT D. OLESON | PHOENIX EAST AVIATION, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 10800 FOX HUNT LN | 561 PEARL HARBOR DR. |
| Aircraft Owner City | POTOMAC | DAYTONA BEACH |
| Aircraft Owner State | MD | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 20854 | 32114 |
| Operator is an individual? | No | -- |
| Operator Name | -- | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 112 POWELL BLVD. # 4104 | |
| Operator City | DAYTONA BEACH | |
| Operator State | FL | |
| Operator Country | -- | |
| Operator Zip code | 32114 | |
| Operator Code | -- | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- | 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 | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | DAB | DAB |
| Departure City | DAYTONA BEACH | DAYTONA BEACH |
| Departure State | FL | FL |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1216 | 1152 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | ||
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 10 2004 9:30AM | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\HAMG | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |