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Corporate Owned: 137,281
Livermore Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Livermore, California 94517
Friday, May 30, 2003 11:05 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane collided with trees and rising terrain while on an instrument flight plan and in communication with Air Traffic Control (ATC). The instrument rated certified flight instructor (CFII) and pilot under instruction executed the Livermore One standard instrument departure (SID) and were initially cleared to 4,000 feet when they were given a takeoff clearance. After being switched to departure frequency, the CFII called departure control but did not receive a response. A short time later the departure controller issued a clearance to another aircraft to maintain 2,000 feet and a heading of 010 degrees. The CFII acknowledged this clearance with his airplane's abbreviated call sign and complied with the instructions. The ATC controller did not detect the incorrect read back. The airplane was in instrument meteorological conditions and below the radar acquisition altitude. The CFII saw terrain and trees at wing level directly ahead through breaks in the clouds, took control of the airplane, and made a hard climbing right turn. The CFII then reported to ATC that they had a collision with terrain and were climbing to 3,000 feet. The ATC controller responded and cleared them to 5,000 feet, then further cleared the flight to another airport where a successful landing was accomplished. The left wing leading edge, left aileron and left engine nacelle sustained substantial impact damage. Audition of the recorded air/ground communications tapes disclosed that the pilot of N3060K exclusively used the abbreviated call sign of 60K when communicating with ATC and the ATC controller's annunciation of call signs were often abbreviated, spoken quickly, and difficult to understand.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the pilots acceptance of a clearance meant for another aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the failure of departure controller to detect the pilot's incorrect read back and the controllers improper radio technique, which increased the chances of call sign confusion.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/30/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1105 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Livermore |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 94517 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 374136N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1214913W |
| Event Location Airport | Livermore Muni |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LVK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1053 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KLVK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 397 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 800 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.99 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 2000 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 16939 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 30 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1300 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 28 2004 12:45PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | WP-FSDO-Sacramento |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3060K |
| NTSB Number | LAX03LA172 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | PA-44-180 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 44-7995210 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3816 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 9 2003 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 35.7 |
| Airframe Hours | 8129 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Jim Koziarski |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2711 Centerville RD Ste 400 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Wilmington |
| Aircraft Owner State | DE |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 19808 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Airline Transport Professionals Corporation of USA |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KLVK |
| Departure City | Livermore |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1200 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SAC |
| Destination City | Sacramento |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb - to cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 26 2004 7:09PM |
| User who most recently changed record | RICJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | NA |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |