About 0921 c.d.t., on July 24, 1976, a Piper PA-28-181 (N8592C) and Reeds Aviation, Inc., Piper PA-28R-200 (N7941C) collided in midair at 6,000 feet near Huntsville, Missouri. The pilot and two passengers aboard N7941C and the pilot and one passenger aboard N8592C were killed; both aircraft were destroyed. Piper N8592C, a private flight operating under instrument flight rules and under the control of Kansas City air route traffic control center, was en route from Urbana, Illinois, to Emporia, Kansas. Piper N7941C, an air taxi/charter flight operating under visual flight rules and without a flight plan, was climbing en route from Salisbury, Missouri, to the Chicago, Illinois, area. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of each pilot to maintain adequate vigilance.
Aircraft Accident Report. Midair Collision. Reeds Aviation, Inc., Piper PA-28R-200, N7941C, and Piper PA-28-181, N8592C, Near Huntsville, Missouri, July 24, 1976
1977
28 pages
Report
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English
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accidents investigations , Commercial aircraft , Aircraft collisions , Instrument flight , Visual navigation , Attention , Death , Damage , Missouri , Midair collisions , Piper PA-28R-200 aircraft , Piper PA-28-181 aircraft
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