Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Lufken Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Cincinnati, Ohio
Saturday, March 22, 1986 10:48 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
INDIANAPOLIS CTR (CTLR-A) CLRD SLUFF 11 (S-11), A FLT OF 4 ANG A-7'S, TO CLB TO FL210. LATER, CTLR-A TOLD S-11 TO CHG FREQ (TO YORK LOW SECTOR, CTLR-B). S-11 CHGD FREQ, BUT NEITHER S-11 NOR CTLR-B ESTABLISHED RDO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER UNTIL S-11 HAD CONTD INTO THE RICHMOND SECTOR (CTLR C'S AREA). ANOTHER FLT, SLUFF 31 (S-31), CANCELED IFR CLNC WITH CTLR-C; HOWEVER, CTLR-C (A DEVELOPMENTAL CTLR) BCM CONFUSED WITH THE SIMILAR CALL SIGNS & INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A CANCELLATION NOTE ON THE COMPUTOR STRIP FOR S-11; HIS INSTRUCTOR DID NOT NOTE THE ERROR. THE STRIP WAS HANDED TO THE D-SIDE CTLR, WHO QUESTIONED THE NOTATION, BUT ENTERED A CANCELLATION MESSAGE IN THE COMPUTER, THUS REPLACING THE FULL DATA BLK FOR S-11 WITH A LIMITED DATA BLK. SVRL MIN LATER, S-11 CONVERGED WITH A BOEING 727 (TWA FLT 489) THAT HAD BEEN CLRD TO CLB TO FL230. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FLTS PASSED W/I AN ESTIMATED 500' VERTICALLY & 200' LATERALLY OF EACH OTHER. THE FLT LEADER OF SLUFF 11 WAS ON A CHECK FLT & WAS BEING EVALUATED BY A STAN/EVAL INSTRUCTOR PLT (SLUFF 12).
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 3/22/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1048 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | CINCINNATI |
| Event State | OHIO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | LUFKEN |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | CIN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 57 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 45 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| 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) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| 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 | 152 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5071 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 24 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1000 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 9 2001 10:27AM |
| 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 | N64315 | AFNG |
| NTSB Number | LAX86MA151A | LAX86MA151B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | None | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING | LTV |
| Aircraft Model | 727-231 | A-7 (4 ACFT) |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 727-231 | A-7 (4 ACF |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20048 | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 191500 | 42000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | Military |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 3 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | No | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. | OHIO AIR NATIONAL GUARD |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 605 THIRD AVENUE | 166TH TACTICAL FIGHTER SQD. |
| Aircraft Owner City | NEW YORK | RICKERBACKER AB |
| Aircraft Owner State | NY | OH |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 10158 | |
| 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 | TWA | SLUF |
| 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 | Scheduled | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger/Cargo | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | CMH | |
| Departure City | COLUMBUS | COLUMBUS |
| Departure State | OH | OH |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 0 | 935 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | STL | |
| Destination City | ST. LOUIS | |
| Destination State | MO | |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | 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 | -- | -- |