The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the inability of the Convair 580 flightcrew to detect the Cessna 150 visually in sufficient time to take evasive action, despite having been provided with three radar traffic advisories concerning the latter aircraft. Visual detection capabilities were substantially reduced by the heavy accumulation of insect smears on the forward windshield and direct vision windows of the Convair. Visibility was further reduced by haze, smoke and sun glare, and by the inconspicuous color and lack of relative motion of the Cessna. Under these circumstances, the crew of the Convair should have requested a radar avoidance vector. (Author)
Aircraft Accident Report. North Central Airlines, Inc. Convair 580, N4634S, Home Airmotive, Inc. Cessna 150, N8742S, Midair Collision Near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 4, 1968
1969
51 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aeronautics , Aircraft , Aviation accidents , Statistical analysis , Windshield wipers , Visibility , Descent , Air traffic control systems , Aviation safety , Decision making , Flight crews , Civil aviation , Transport planes , Radar tracking , Aviation injuries , Radar avoidance vectors , Collisions , Airplane crashes , Light planes , Private planes , Cessna 150 aircraft , Convair 580 aircraft