Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Rosamond Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Rosamond, California 93560
Saturday, July 16, 1983 13:30 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A PIPER PA-38, N9905T, AND A BELLANCA 8GCBC, N8667V, COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 22 & 25, WHILE THE ACFT WERE LANDING. THE PIPER PA-38 WAS ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT WHILE THE BELLANCA WAS BEING USED TO TOW GLIDERS. THE AIRCREW IN THE PA-38 SAW THE BELLANCA, JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT & INITIATED EVASIVE ACTION, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE BELLANCA PLT DID NOT SEE THE PA-38 UNTIL THE IMPACT OCCURRED. DURING IMPACT, THE RIGHT WING OF THE PA-38 AND THE PROPELLER & NOSE OF THE BELLANCA WERE DAMAGED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/16/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1330 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | ROSAMOND |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 93560 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | ROSAMOND |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | L00 |
| 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 | 2415 |
| 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) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 12 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | FAA |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1133 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 21441 |
| 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 |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9905T | N8667V |
| NTSB Number | LAX83LUQ05A | LAX83LUQ05B |
| 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 | PIPER | BELLANCA |
| Aircraft Model | PA-38-112 | 8GCBC |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-38-112 | 8GCBC |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 38-78A0256 | 170-75 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1670 | 1650 |
| 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 | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 18 1983 12:00AM | Jul 8 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 80 | 6 |
| Airframe Hours | 1914 | 2238 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ARONSON AIR SERVICE INC. | SAMUEL D. RAMSEY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX J | P.O. BOX 1417 |
| Aircraft Owner City | ROSAMOND | ROSAMOND |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 93560 | 93560 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ARONSON'S AIR SERVICE | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX J | |
| Operator City | ROSAMOND | |
| Operator State | CA | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 93560 | |
| 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) | Instructional | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | ||
| Departure City | ||
| Departure State | ||
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1215 | 1320 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT | PDT |
| 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 | Landing | 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 | 25 | 22 |
| Runway Length | 2616 | 2294 |
| Runway Width | 40 | 40 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |