Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Fullerton Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fullerton, California 92633
Friday, August 5, 1983 20:26 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
N6539L, A CESSNA 152, AND N1172H A PIPER PA-32R-300 COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER APPROX 2 MI WEST OF THE FULLERTON MUNICIPAL ARPT. AT AN ALT OF APPROX 1200 FT AGL. BOTH PLTS REPT CLEAR SKIES, A BRIGHT NIGHT, AND NO RESTRICTIONS TO VIS. BOTH PLTS STATED THEY MADE BLIND TRANSMISSIONS ON TOWER FREQ PRIOR TO DEPT; HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT RECALL ANY OTHER ACFT ON THAT FREQ DURING TAXI AND TAKEOFF.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/5/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 2026 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | FULLERTON |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92633 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FULLERTON |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FUL |
| 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 | 275 |
| Airport Elevation | 96 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1945 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 95 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FUL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 96 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 2 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Bright |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| 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) | 30 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| 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 | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1933 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 22163 |
| 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 | N6539L | N1172H |
| NTSB Number | LAX83FA373A | LAX83FA373B |
| 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 | CESSNA | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | 152 | PA-32R-300 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 152 | PA-32R-300 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15284429 | 32R7780140 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1670 | 3400 |
| 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 | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 15 1983 12:00AM | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 52 | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 1078 | 2776 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TIMOTHY A. PLANZ | CONNIE M. CARSON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 18692 SPAULDING | 5713 FREEMAN |
| Aircraft Owner City | SANTA ANA | LA CRESCENTA |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 92705 | 91214 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | FULLERTON SKYWAYS | ARROW AIR SERVICE |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Street Address | 3815 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE | 1101 DOVE STREET STE 110 |
| Operator City | FULLERTON, | NEWPORT BEACH |
| Operator State | CA | CA |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 92705 | 92660 |
| 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 | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | FUL | FUL |
| Departure City | FULLERTON | FULLERTON |
| Departure State | CA | CA |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 2022 | 2224 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BUR | |
| Destination City | BURBANK | |
| Destination State | CA | |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:31AM | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 24 | 24 |
| Runway Length | 3121 | 3121 |
| Runway Width | 75 | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |