Wayward Air Terminal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hayward, California 94541
Saturday, May 5, 1984 17:18 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE TWO ACFT LANDED IN TRAIL AND THE LEAD ACFT (N53BT) WAS TAXIING OFF THE RWY WHEN STRUCK IN THE REAR BY THE OTHER ACFT(N3428).

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/5/1984
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1718
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City HAYWARD
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 94541
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport WAYWARD AIR TERMINAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HWD
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 47
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1718 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID HWD
Elevation of weather observation facility 47
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) 25
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 260
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) 30
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) 1241
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
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 N53BT N3528
NTSB Number LAX84LA284A LAX84LA284B
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 Substantial Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name TAYLOR OLSON
Aircraft Model SMITH MINI DSA-1 MINI-PLANE
Aircraft Series Identifier SMITH MINI MINI-PLANE
Aircraft Serial Number DSA53T CGO-1
Certified Max Gross Weight 1000 900
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes Yes
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1 1
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual Annual
Date of Last Inspection Feb 27 1984 12:00AM Mar 27 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 23 --
Airframe Hours 173 140
ELT Installed No No
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name ROBERT H. TAYLOR CECIL B. OLSON
Aircraft Owner Street Address 18229 HUNTER AVENUE 3178 AYLESBURY COURT
Aircraft Owner City HAYWARD CASTRO VALLEY
Aircraft Owner State CA CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 94541 94546
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name BENNIE E. SWANSON
Operator Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Street Address 18966 CARLTON AVENUE
Operator City CASTRO VALLEY
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None 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) Personal Personal
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event No No
Departure Airport Code 036 036
Departure City TRACY TRACY
Departure State CA CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1633 1633
Departure Time Zone PDT PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt -- crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code HWD HWD
Destination City HAYWARD HAYWARD
Destination State CA CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi Landing
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 28R 28R
Runway Length 3536 3536
Runway Width 75 75
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --