Hummel Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Topping, Virginia 23169
Saturday, November 12, 1988 15:33 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PILOT OF N76470 DEPARTED ON RWY 18 AND FOLLOWED THE NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE BEFORE TURNING DOWNWIND FOR RWY 18. THE PILOT OF N73114 DEPARTED THE GRASS RWY 18 AND FLEW THE NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE PRIOR TO TURNING TO A HEADING OF 070 DEG TO DEPART THE AREA. THE PILOT OF N73114 STATED HIS ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO CHANGING THE RADIO FREQ WHEN HIS PASSENGER ALERTED HIM TO ANOTHER ACFT TO HIS RIGHT. HE STATED THAT BY THE TIME HE SAW THE ACFT THE COLLISION HAD OCCURRED. THE PLT OF N76470 STATED HE DID NOT SEE N73114 UNTIL AFTER THE COLLISION. N76470 WAS APRX 1/3 THE WAY DOWN THE DOWNWIND LEG AND N73114 WAS PASSING ACROSS THE DOWNWIND LEG WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APRX 800 FT MSL. BOTH ACFT RETURNED AND LANDED AT HUMMEL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/12/1988
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1533
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City TOPPING
Event State VIRGINIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 23169
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator Yes
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport HUMMEL AIRPORT
Event Location Nearest Airport ID W75
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 30
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) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 180
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
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 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1462
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 12 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1630
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37587
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:17PM
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 N73114 N76470
NTSB Number BFO89LA008A BFO89LA008B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed Company VFR None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Minor Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA CESSNA
Aircraft Model 207 120
Aircraft Series Identifier 207 120
Aircraft Serial Number 20700560 10902
Certified Max Gross Weight 3800 1450
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 7 2
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 19 1988 12:00AM May 11 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 45 42
Airframe Hours 4365 1212
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No Unknown
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name HUMMEL AVIATION SERVICE, INC. ROBERT W. MCDANIEL
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 7 12319 WELLING LANE
Aircraft Owner City TOPPING BOWIE
Aircraft Owner State VA MD
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 23169 20715
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 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 Non-scheduled --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown Personal
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1531 1530
Departure Time Zone EST EST
Destination Same as Local Flt -- dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code TGI
Destination City TANGIER ISLAND
Destination State VA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach Approach
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0 18
Runway Length -- 2500
Runway Width -- 45
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --