Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Skagit Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Burlington, Washington 98233
Saturday, May 16, 2009 18:00 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The Cessna pilot reported that as he entered the downwind leg of the traffic pattern he observed the Pitts making a high-speed, low pass over the runway surface. After reaching a point 3/4 down the runway, the Pitts began a steep, near vertical climb. It then appeared to turn toward the downwind leg. The Cessna pilot made a transmission over the common traffic advisory (CTAF) frequency querying if the Pitts had his airplane in sight. There was no response. The Cessna pilot continued maneuvering the airplane onto base and then final approach, making a radio transmission of his position at each leg. The Cessna touched down normally and began to slow as the pilot applied brakes. While the Cessna slowed, the Pitts landed on top of the left wing. The Pitts skidded out in front of the Cessna, sliding inverted and backwards down the runway; the Cessna skidded and nosed over. The Pitts pilot reported that he aborted his first landing approach due to traffic that had not yet cleared the runway, aggressively ascended to traffic pattern altitude, and began a left traffic pattern. The Pitts pilot stated that during his second approach, he did not see any other airplanes, nor did he hear any other traffic over the CTAF, which he was monitoring. According to 14 CFR 91.113, "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."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The failure of the pilot of another airplane to maintain adequate visual lookout during the approach.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/16/2009 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1800 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Burlington |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 98233 |
| Event Date Year | 2009 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | 482825n |
| Event Location Longitude | 1222515w |
| Event Location Airport | Skagit Regional Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | BVS |
| 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 | 144 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1810 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | BVS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 144 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| 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) | 16 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 130 |
| 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) | 30.21 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 26570 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Comm Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 30 2010 10:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | grol |
| 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 | N70323 | N133GT |
| NTSB Number | WPR09FA246A | WPR09FA246B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes | No |
| Damage | Substantial | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA | Kilroy |
| Aircraft Model | 172 | Pitts |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | M | Model 12 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 172672 | 137 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2300 | 2250 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | Yes |
| 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 | 100 Hour | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 29 2009 12:00AM | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 30 | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 6530 | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | C91 | C91 |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Westwind Aviation Inc. | Sierra Aviation Group Inc. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 156 Westcott Dr. | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Friday Harbor | Portland |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA | OR |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 98250 | 87229 |
| Operator is an individual? | No | No |
| Operator Name | Westwind Aviation Inc. | Barry Woods |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 156 Westcott Dr. | -- |
| Operator City | Friday Harbor | Portland |
| Operator State | WA | OR |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 98250 | 87229 |
| Operator Code | -- | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | 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 | Non-scheduled | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | 11S | BVS |
| Departure City | Sekiu | Burlington |
| Departure State | WA | WA |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | 1520 | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | BVS | BVS |
| Destination City | Burlington | Burlington |
| Destination State | WA | WA |
| Destination Country | USA | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 9 2010 3:13PM | Feb 3 2010 4:39PM |
| User who most recently changed record | johb | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 28 | 28 |
| Runway Length | 5477 | 5477 |
| Runway Width | 100 | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |