Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Half Moon Bay Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Half Moon Bay, California 94019
Saturday, November 6, 1993 11:25 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A FLIGHT OF 2 STEARMANS FLEW TO A NORMALLY UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. BEFORE FLIGHT, NEITHER HAD RECEIVED NOTAM INFO THAT THE FAA HAD A TEMPORARY CONTROL TOWER (TWR) AT THE AIRPORT. WHILE APPROACHING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, WHICH WAS CONGESTED, THE LEAD STEARMAN PILOT CALLED UNICOM & 1ST LEARNED OF THE TWR'S EXISTENCE. THE 2ND STEARMAN PILOT WAS UNAWARE OF THE TWR; HIS AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RADIO EQUIPPED. THE LEAD STEARMAN PILOT SAID SHE TOLD TWR THEY WERE A FLIGHT OF 2. SHE LOST SIGHT OF THE 2ND STEARMAN, BUT DID NOT NOTIFY TWR. SHE GOT A LANDING CLEARANCE FOR HER AIRCRAFT & LANDED ON RUNWAY 30. THE 2ND STEARMAN PILOT LOST SIGHT OF THE LEAD STEARMAN, CONCLUDED RUNWAY 12 WAS ACTIVE & LANDED ON THAT RUNWAY. MEAN- WHILE, A CESSNA 172 WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30. ON ROLL-OUT, THE 172 PILOT SAW THE STEARMAN CONVERGING & STEARED TO THE RIGHT. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE STEARMAN STEARED LEFT & THE 2 PLANES COLLIDED. THE CONTROLLERS DID NOT RECALL HEARING A TRANSMISSION ABOUT A FLIGHT OF 2, NOR DID THEY OBSERVE THE PLANES CONVERGING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ON THE RUNWAY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT OF THE SECOND STEARMAN, AND HIS SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY ON WHICH TO LAND. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: FAILURE OF THE STEARMAN PILOTS TO OBTAIN PERTINENT NOTAM INFORMATION.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/6/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1125 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | HALF MOON BAY |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 94019 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | HALF MOON BAY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | HAF |
| 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 | 67 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 5 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 20 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1744 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 6 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1225 |
| 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 | N14FR | N2718L |
| NTSB Number | LAX94LA039A | LAX94LA039B |
| 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 | BOEING | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | PT-13D | 172H |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PT-13D | 172H |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 75-5646 | 17255918 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3000 | 2300 |
| 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 | 2 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 5 1993 12:00AM | Jun 8 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 5 | 34 |
| Airframe Hours | 2598 | 2289 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CLANCY H. FLANAGAN | MURRAY M. MCCRARY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 7484 AVENUE 18 1/2 | 1300 ELMER STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | CHOWCHILLA | BELMONT |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 93610 | 94002 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | JOHN THOMAS FLANAGAN | MURRAY M. MCCRARY |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 7484 AVENUE 18 1/2 | 1300 ELMER STREET |
| Operator City | CHOWCHILLA | BELMONT |
| Operator State | CA | CA |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 93610 | 94002 |
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| 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 | Yes | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | NONE | SQL |
| Departure City | CHOWCHILLA | SAN CARLOS |
| Departure State | CA | CA |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 945 | 1115 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | HAF | HAF |
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 19 2001 5:00PM | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 12 | 30 |
| Runway Length | 5000 | 5000 |
| Runway Width | 150 | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |