About 1210 c.d.t. on May 18, 1978, a Falcon Jet DA-20, N121GW, collided in midair with a Cessna 150M, N6423K, 3.7 miles west of Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee. The Falcon Jet, which was on an instrument flight rules flight plan, had an instructor pilot and three students on board. An instructor pilot and one passenger were aboard the Cessna 150M. The Cessna was VFR and was receiving Stage III radar service. Both aircraft were under control of Memphis tower controllers and were in radar and radio contact with the tower. The weather in the Memphis area was scattered clouds at 4,500 feet and visibility--6 miles with haze. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of controller personnel to separate the aircraft as required by procedures established for a terminal radar service area, to insure that proper coordination was effected, to issue appropriate traffic advisories, and the failure of each flightcrew to see and avoid the other aircraft.
Aircraft Accident Report - Midair Collision Involving a Falcon Jet, N121GW and a Cessna 150M, N6423K, Memphis, Tennessee, May 18, 1978
1978
41 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Instrument flight , Instructors , Students , Visual navigation , Terminal air traffic control , Collisions , Radar , Transport aircraft , Jet aircraft , Tennessee , Midair collisions , Memphis International Airport , Memphis(Tennessee) , Flight training , Cessna 150 aircraft , Light planes , Private planes , Falcon DA-20 aircraft