Coles County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Charleston, Illinois 61920
Wednesday, October 15, 1986 11:20 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

N8267W WAS ON PRACTICE NDB APPROACH TO RWY 29 UNDER ATC CLRNC WITH HOODED STU AT CONTROLS IN LEFT SEAT, IP IN RIGHT SEAT, PROCEEDING LEVEL AT MDA FOR LOW PASS. EVIDENCE INDICATES N30019 HAD ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 24 AND WAS IN LEFT TURN VFR APPROACH FOR RWY 24 AT COLLISION. CREW OF N8267W HAD BROADCAST 'IN THE BLIND' POSITION AND INTENTIONS ON UNICOM FREQ. PLT OF N30019 HAD RECEIVED UNICOM ADVISORY OF RWY 24 IN USE, BUT DID NOT BROADCAST POSITION OR INTENTIONS. IP IN N8267W DID NOT SEE N30019 UNTIL AFTER COLLISION. EVIDENCE INDICATES N30019 PASSED BENEATH N8267W IN LEFT TURN, STRIKING UNDERSIDE OF N8267W RIGHT WING/LANDING GEAR WITH OWN RIGHT WING OUTER PANEL. CLOSING ANGLE ESTIMATED FROM WITNESS STATEMENTS WAS 130 DEGREES. COLLISION ANGLE CALCULATED FROM IMPACT SCRATCH MARKS WAS 92 DEGREES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/15/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1120
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City CHARLESTON
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 61920
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator Yes
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport COLES COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MTO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 2
Degrees magnetic from airport 105
Airport Elevation 721
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1045 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 290
Weather Observation Facility ID MTO
Elevation of weather observation facility 721
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 2
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
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) 12
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
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 Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2486
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 15 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1200
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33302
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:09PM
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 N8267W N30019
NTSB Number CHI87FA004A CHI87FA004B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER PIPER
Aircraft Model PA-28-161 PA-28-181
Aircraft Series Identifier PA-28-161 PA-28-181
Aircraft Serial Number 28-8116040 28-7890449
Certified Max Gross Weight 2325 2550
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 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 18 1986 12:00AM Apr 1 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 65 33
Airframe Hours 3430 1397
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name BERNARD HAYES RICHARD COLCLASURE
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1801 N. VERMILLION ST. 725 DOGWOOD DRIVE
Aircraft Owner City DANVILLE ARCOLA
Aircraft Owner State IL IL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 61832 61910
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name AVISTAR AIR CENTER
Operator Same as Owner? No Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No Yes
Operator Street Address 7 AIRPORT ROAD
Operator City SAVOY
Operator State IL
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 61874
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 -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional Personal
Second Pilot on Board Yes No
Departure Point Same as Event No No
Departure Airport Code CMI K96
Departure City CHAMPAIGN TUSCOLA
Departure State IL IL
Departure Country
Departure Time 1050 1050
Departure Time Zone CDT CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt -- --
Destination Airport Code MTO MTO
Destination City MATTOON MATTOON
Destination State IL IL
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach Approach
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 29 24
Runway Length 6501 5799
Runway Width 150 100
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --