Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Ephrata Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Ephrata, Washington 98823
Sunday, August 1, 1993 9:50 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A MID-AIR COLLISION OCCURRED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 50 TO 75 FT OVER THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 2, WHICH INVOLVED A CESSNA 150, N5958J, & A GRUMMAN 164B, N8407K. THE CESSNA PILOT WAS A SOLO STUDENT, PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2. THE GRUMMAN PILOT HAD ENTERED THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT FROM THE NORTH & WAS SPRAYING A HERBICIDE ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAYS FOR WEED CONTROL. WHILE IN THE PATTERN, THE STUDENT SAW THE GRUMMAN & THOUGHT IT WAS DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 11. AFTER THAT, HE DID NOT SEE THE GRUMMAN. THE GRUMMAN PILOT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT, HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD BE SPRAYING THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 20 & ON RUNWAY 11. HOWEVER, NEITHER THE STUDENT NOR 2 WITNESSES, WHO WERE MONITORING THE UNICOM FREQUENCY, HEARD THE GRUMMAN PILOT ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTIONS. THE GRUMMAN PILOT SAID THAT HE NEITHER SAW NOR HEARD THE CESSNA IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, BUT THE 2 WITNESSES VERIFIED THAT THE STUDENT HAD ANNOUNCED HIS POSITION AROUND THE PATTERN.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY BOTH PILOTS, RESULTING IN THEIR FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID EACH OTHER'S AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: FAILURE OF THE GRUMMAN 164B PILOT TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE UNICOM FREQUENCY.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/1/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 950 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | EPHRATA |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 98823 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | EPHRATA |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | EPH |
| 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 | 1272 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 951 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | EPH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1272 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| 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) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 25 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 7 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 10 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| 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 | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1884 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 1 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1015 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:35PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
||
|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N5958J | N8407K |
| NTSB Number | SEA93LA168A | SEA93LA168B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 137: Agricultural |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA | GRUMMAN |
| Aircraft Model | A150L | 164B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A150L | 164B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | A1500258 | 689B |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1600 | 5600 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Nov 24 1992 12:00AM | Jul 10 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 45 | 70 |
| Airframe Hours | 2470 | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes | No |
| ELT Activated | No | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CAROLE E. TALICH | SHAW, MARTIN R. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 17916 NE 160TH ST | 1661 RD 17.6 |
| Aircraft Owner City | WOODINVILLE | EPHRATA |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA | WA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 98052 | 98823 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | CIVIL AIR PATROL, INC | SHAW, MARTIN R. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 4459 | 1661 RD 17.6 |
| Operator City | MCCORD AFB | EPHRATA |
| Operator State | WA | WA |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 98458 | 98823 |
| Operator Code | WPZG | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | 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 | -- | Unknown |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | Unknown |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | Unknown |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional | Aerial Application |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | EPH | EPH |
| Departure City | ||
| Departure State | ||
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 930 | 915 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | EPH | EPH |
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach | Maneuvering |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 6699 | -- |
| Runway Width | 150 | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |