Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Fitchburg Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420
Thursday, March 15, 1984 12:30 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT OF N45945 STATED THAT UPON ENTERING DOWNWIND FOR RWY 32 SHE REPORTED HER POSITION ON UNICOM BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A REPLY. SHE CONTINUED HER APPROACH FAILING TO REPORT BASE AND FINAL POSITIONS. AT APRX 500 FT ON FINAL APCH SHE FELT THE AIRCRAFT BUFFET AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF SOMETHING OUT OF THE CORNER OF HER LEFT EYE. SHE CONTINUED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PLT OF N2773U STATED THAT HE CALLED ON 122.8 PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PATTERN AT THE ARPT. HE USED THE WRONG UNICOM FREQ AND DID NOT GET A REPLY. HE CONTINUED TO THE ARPT AND OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK INDICATING RWY 32 WAS BEST. HE ENTERED DOWNWIND AND REPORTED HIS POSITION, AGAIN ON THE WRONG FREQ. AFTER TURNING FINAL HE FELT A BUMP IN THE ACFT & SAW ANOTHER ACFT TO HIS UPPER RT. HE BROKE OFF HIS APCH AND REENTERED THE PATTERN, LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT HAD COLLIDED UNTIL APRIL 11, 1984 WHEN TIRE MARKS AND RT WING DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON N2773U DURING AN INSPECTION. N45945 WAS NOT DAMAGED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/15/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1230 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | FITCHBURG |
| Event State | MASSACHUSETTS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 01420 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FITCHBURG |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FIT |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 320 |
| Airport Elevation | 350 |
| 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) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 300 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1444 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 25244 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| 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 | N45945 | N2773U |
| NTSB Number | NYC84LA147A | NYC84LA147B |
| 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 | None | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 152 | 172D |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 152 | 172D |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15282954 | 17250333 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1670 | 2150 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | Feb 3 1984 12:00AM | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 80 |
| Airframe Hours | 1275 | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ESTES, JOHN E. | SKY LIFE, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 23 KING STREET | BOX 699 |
| Aircraft Owner City | NORFOLK | NORTHVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | MA | NY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 02056 | 12134 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ||
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | 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 | 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 | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MAO7 | GFL |
| Departure City | NORFOLK | GLENS FALLS |
| Departure State | MA | NY |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1200 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | ||
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 32 | 32 |
| Runway Length | 4508 | 4508 |
| Runway Width | 150 | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |