Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Schellville/Sonoma Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Sonoma, California 95476
Tuesady, January 1, 2008 14:30 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilots were attending a fly-in at the airport. One pilot in a low-wing airplane was landing, and the other pilot in a high-wing airplane was departing. The runup area for the landing runway is situated at the beginning of the runway so that following a runup, a pilot can depart straight from the runup area onto the runway. A witness said that the landing pilot had made radio transmissions around the traffic pattern, and then indicated that he was on final approach for landing. When the landing pilot was on short final, the departing pilot indicated that he was departing. The witness was flying above the airport and advised the departing pilot that an airplane was landing. The airplanes collided shortly thereafter. According to 14 CFR 91.113, Right-of-way rules: Except water operations, "Aircraft, while on final approach to land or while landing, have the right-of-way over other aircraft in flight or operating on the surface, except that they shall not take advantage of this rule to force an aircraft off the runway surface which has already landed and is attempting to make way for an aircraft on final approach."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The departing pilot's inadequate visual lookout.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/1/2008 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1430 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | Sonoma |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95476 |
| Event Date Year | 2008 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 381326N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1222659W |
| Event Location Airport | Schellville/Sonoma |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | OQ3 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 10 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1454 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 220 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DVO |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 2 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 7 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| 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) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 14 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 80 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.19 |
| 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) | 23388 |
| NTSB Notification Source | WP-AWP Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 1 2008 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 30 2008 1:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\johb |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | WP-OAK-FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8037W | N15EX |
| NTSB Number | SEA08LA057A | SEA08LA057B |
| 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? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Minor | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper | Barnard/Stancil |
| Aircraft Model | PA 28-180 | Glastar |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-2104 | 5496 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2400 | 1960 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 1 2007 12:00AM | Jan 1 2007 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 75 | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 2865 | 340 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Marshall White | Kenneth Couey |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Sebastopol | Pioneer |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95472 | 95666 |
| Operator is an individual? | No | No |
| Operator Name | Timothy Bennett | Kenneth Couey |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- | -- |
| Operator City | Novato | Pioneer |
| Operator State | CA | CA |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 94949 | 95666 |
| 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) | Personal | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | O69 | OQ3 |
| Departure City | Petaluma | Sonoma |
| Departure State | CA | CA |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | 1400 | 1430 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | OQ3 | O70 |
| Destination City | Sonoma | Jackson |
| Destination State | CA | CA |
| Destination Country | USA | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing | Takeoff - roll/run |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 30 2008 11:02PM | Mar 30 2008 11:02PM |
| User who most recently changed record | STAM | STAM |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 7 | 7 |
| Runway Length | 2700 | 2700 |
| Runway Width | 45 | 45 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |