Cessna 150 N60371
6 March 1988 · Knoxville, Tennessee, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 6 March 1988 at about 20:40 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N60371, operated by Jack L. Pollard, was involved in an accident near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Knoxville Downtown Island (DKX)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150
- Registration
- N60371
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Jack L. Pollard
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL88FA106
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
A CESSNA MADE A LONG STRAIGHT IN FINAL APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT'S RADIO TRANSMITTER WAS INOP. AFTERWARD THE CESSNA PIC RPTED THAT INITIALLY HE SAW THE BEECH ON A LEFT BASE. LATER HE STATED THE BEECH WAS HEADING AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE BEECH FLYING A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND ARRIVING ON FINAL ABOVE & SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE CESSNA. THE BEECH BEGAN A STEEPER, FASTER DESCENT & COLLIDED WITH THE CESSNA FROM BEHIND. THE INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED INTENSE ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE CESSNA OPERATIONS AND THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WHERE THE BEECH WAS BASED. CORPORATE PILOTS COMPLAINED ABOUT TRAFFIC PATTERN DISCOURTESY BY TWO ACFT WHOSE DESCRIPTIONS MATCHED THE ACFT INVOLVED IN THIS COLLISION. A WITNESS REPORTED HEARING THE BEECH MAKING POSITION REPORTS IN THE PATTERN. ANOTHER WITNESS STATED THAT THE CESSNA RADIO WAS RECEIVING SATISFACTORILLY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cessna 150 150 | N60371 | Jack L. Pollard | Minor |
| Beechcraft 77 77 | N3818U | Aviatin Instruction, Inc. | Substantial |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 1988 | Cessna 150J | Winchester, Virginia, United States | Charles S. Guenther | No injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 1988 | Cessna 150F | Hayfork, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 1988 | Cessna 150 | Poland, New York, United States | James King | No injuries | - |
| 28 May 1988 | Cessna 150F | Mc Kenzie, Alabama, United States | Jerry F. Parker | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 1988 | Cessna 150F | Westlake, California, United States | Red Baron Air ADS | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 1988 | Cessna 150F | Newnan, Georgia, United States | Howard G. Banks | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1988 | Adams A55S | Collierville, Tennessee, United States | Turnispeed, Micheal R. | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 1988 | Cessna 195A | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 1988 | Cessna 172L | Michie, Tennessee, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1988 | Cessna 152 | Somerville, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 25 Aug 1988 | Schempp-Hirth 2 | Whitwell, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |