Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
St. Augustine Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
St. Augustine, Florida 32095
Saturday, November 10, 2001 11:30 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
An Extra EA 300, N2XA and an RV-3, N92HS collided on the runway. The pilots of the Extra and the RV-3 attempted radio contact with UNICOM to obtain landing information. The pilots overhead landing directions from other pilots landing at the destination airport and entered the traffic pattern. Both pilot's stated they did not hear each other due to a lot of traffic on the UNICOM frequency and they continued to make position reports while in the traffic pattern. Both pilots reported following a Cessna airplane that was located ahead of them. The pilot of the RV-3 stated the Cessna pilot reported clear of the active runway and he reported his position on short final. As the wheels of his airplane touched the runway he felt an impact from above. He looked and observed the Extra on the runway. The pilot of the Extra stated he heard the Cessna pilot report clearing the active runway and continued making radio calls in the blind. He made a base turn to final with the left wing down for a crosswind correction. As he started to flare his airplane he felt a bump similar to a hard landing and observed what he thought was a wheel pan go past his canopy. He thought about making a go-around but elected to continue with the landing. He turned his airplane on the runway after landing and observed the RV-3 on the runway.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout and yield the right-of-way to a lower airplane while landing. This resulted in an inadvertent midair collision. Contributing to the accident was reported excessive radio communications on the UNICOM radio frequency resulting in both pilots not hearing the others transmission.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/10/2001 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1130 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | St. Augustine |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32095 |
| Event Date Year | 2001 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | St. Augustine Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SGJ |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 11 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1155 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SGJ |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 11 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 6 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 17 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 20 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.23 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 13888 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Communications Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 10 2001 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1200 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 30 2003 9:55AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Orlando FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N2XA | N93HS |
| NTSB Number | ATL02LA012A | ATL02LA012B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No | No |
| Damage | Minor | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Extra Flugzeugbau | James D. Smith |
| Aircraft Model | EA300/L | RV-3 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 128 | 11068 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | 1175 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 2 |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Aero Sport Inc. | James D. Smith |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4900 US 1 North STE 100 | 5666 Flagstaff Road |
| Aircraft Owner City | St. Augustine | Jacksonville |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 32095 | 32207 |
| Operator is an individual? | No | No |
| Operator Name | -- | Raymond H. Smith |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- | 5666 Flagstaff Road |
| Operator City | -- | Jacksonville |
| Operator State | -- | FL |
| Operator Country | -- | USA |
| Operator Zip code | -- | 32207 |
| Operator Code | -- | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- | -- |
| 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) | Other Work Use | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SGF | 7FL4 |
| Departure City | St. Augustine | Green Cove |
| Departure State | FL | FL |
| Departure Country | USA | UY |
| Departure Time | 1100 | -- |
| 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 | Landing - flare/touchdown | Landing - flare/touchdown |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 3 2002 12:29PM | Jan 3 2002 12:29PM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 02 | 02 |
| Runway Length | 2614 | 2614 |
| Runway Width | 75 | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |