Piper PA 28-180 N8037W
1 January 2008 · Sonoma, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 January 2008 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA 28-180 registered N8037W, operated by Timothy Bennett, was involved in an accident near Sonoma, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sonoma, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Schellville/Sonoma (OQ3)
- Coordinates
- 38.2239, -122.4497
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 28-180
- Registration
- N8037W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Timothy Bennett
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Petaluma → Sonoma
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA08LA057
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The departing pilot's inadequate visual lookout.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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."
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper PA 28-180 | N8037W | Timothy Bennett | Minor |
| Barnard/Stancil GLASTAR | N15EX | Kenneth Couey | Substantial |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan 2008 | Piper PA-28-161 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 2008 | Piper PA-28-161 | Crookston, Minnesota, United States | UND Aerospace Foundation | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 2008 | Piper PA-28-235 | New Bern, North Carolina, United States | A & M Aero Inc | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 2008 | Piper PA-28-181 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Pan AM International Flight Academy | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 2008 | Piper PA-28-140 | Kapolei, Hawaii, United States | Offshore Flight School Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2008 | Piper PA-28-181 | Dixon, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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