Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Fairmont State Airfield Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fairmont, Nebraska 68354
Saturday, February 7, 2009 14:00 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot of N55502, a low-wing airplane, said that he was on final approach at about 400 feet above ground level when he felt a mild jolt and heard a noise. The pilot discovered a flat tire immediately after touchdown, but taxied to the ramp in that condition. The pilot said he was not aware of the collision until after the postflight inspections of both airplanes. The pilot of the other airplane, N5757G, a high-wing airplane, said that he saw the other airplane immediately after the collision and that he landed second and followed N55502 to the ramp. N55502 sustained minor damage to the left main gear wheel pant and left main tire. N5757G sustained minor damage to both propeller tips and superficial damage to the top of the right wing. Both pilots said that they had flown a standard traffic pattern and that they had been making position announcements on the multicom radio frequency of 122.900.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other aircraft.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 2/7/2009 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1400 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | Fairmont |
| Event State | NEBRASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 68354 |
| Event Date Year | 2009 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 403424N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0973408W |
| Event Location Airport | Fairmont State Airfield |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | KFMZ |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 1636 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1354 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 61 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KLNK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1219 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 40 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| 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) | 15 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 320 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.06 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KLNK 071854Z 32007KT 10SM CLR 15/M01 A3006 |
| 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) | 26656 |
| NTSB Notification Source | CEN Regional Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 24 2010 12:23PM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| 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 | N55502 | N5757G |
| NTSB Number | CEN09IA161A | CEN09IA161B |
| 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 | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | PA28 | 150 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 180 | K |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-7305401 | 15071257 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | 1600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 | -- |
| 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 |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | Sep 1 2008 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 20 |
| Airframe Hours | -- | 3343 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | No |
| ELT Type | -- | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BLUE VALLEY FLYING CLUB INC | SCHMIDT DENNIS A |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 645 N 7th St | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Hebron | Geneva |
| Aircraft Owner State | NE | NE |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 68370 | 68361 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Name | Raymond G Mieth | SCHMIDT DENNIS A |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- | -- |
| Operator City | Hebron | Geneva |
| Operator State | NE | NE |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 68370 | 68361 |
| Operator Code | -- | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Airport Code | HJH | CEK |
| Departure City | Hebron | Crete |
| Departure State | NE | NE |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | 1330 | 1335 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | KFMZ | KFMZ |
| Destination City | Fairmont | Fairmont |
| Destination State | NE | NE |
| Destination Country | USA | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 19 2010 9:43AM | Feb 19 2010 9:43AM |
| User who most recently changed record | latt | latt |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 35 | 35 |
| Runway Length | 4316 | 4316 |
| Runway Width | 75 | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |