Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Skypark Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Wednesday, June 2, 1982 13:00 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DURING A LANDING APPROACH, THE PILOT OF A HOMEBUILT PITTS AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THE CROSSWIND, ABORTED THE LANDING AND REENTERED ON DOWNWIND. AFTER TURNING FINAL, HE SAW A PIPER PA-28, N40951, DIRECTLY AHEAD. HE MOVED THE STICK FULL FORWARD AND TO THE LEFT TO AVOID A COLLISION. HOWEVER, THE PROPELLER OF THE PITTS STRUCK THE LOWER FUSELAGE, LEFT FLAP, AND LEFT WHEEL FAIRING AND TIRE OF THE PA-28. AFTER THE COLLISION THE PILOT OF THE PITTS AIRCRAFT WENT AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PA-28 PILOT CONTINUED HIS LANDING, BUT THE PLANE SWERVED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER PA-28 REPORTED THAT HIS PLANE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND BELOW.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/2/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1300 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | SANTA CRUZ |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95060 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | SKYPARK |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SRU |
| 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 | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 50 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 65 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 310 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| 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) | 942 |
| 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 | Oct 31 2002 4:04PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| 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 | N25PB | N40951 |
| NTSB Number | LAX82DA207A | LAX82DA207B |
| 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 | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PITTS | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | S-1 (BARTOE/SKYOTE) | PA-28 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | S-1 (BARTO | PA-28 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 1-001 | 7425193 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1100 | 2150 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 20 | 34 |
| Airframe Hours | 80 | 1244 |
| ELT Installed | No | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PETER WRIGHT BELL | ROBERT RICHARD GEORGE |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 870 PARK AVE., #203 | 100 WOODSIDE AVENUE |
| Aircraft Owner City | CAPITOLA | SANTA CRUZ |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95010 | 95060 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | PETER WRIGHT BELL | ROBERT RICHARD GEORGE |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 870 PARK AVE., #203 | 100 WOODSIDE AVENUE |
| Operator City | CAPITOLA | SANTA CRUZ |
| Operator State | CA | CA |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 95010 | 95060 |
| 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 | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | SRU | SRU |
| Departure City | SANTA CRUZ | SANTA CRUZ |
| Departure State | CA | CA |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1215 | 1210 |
| Departure Time Zone | ||
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | SRU | SRU |
| Destination City | SANTA CRUZ | SANTA CRUZ |
| Destination State | CA | CA |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 31 | 31 |
| Runway Length | 2520 | 2520 |
| Runway Width | 60 | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |