Accident: Piper PA28R
Dec 31, 2016 · McKinney, TX
NTSB numberCEN17FA063Event id20161231X24638
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's use of an alternate traffic pattern entry procedure, which resulted in his inability to see and avoid the other airplane, which was flying the preferred traffic pattern, and the subsequent midair collision. The other pilot's use of an alternate traffic pattern entry procedure, which resulted in his inability to see and avoid the airplane, which was flying the preferred traffic pattern, and the subsequent midair collision.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved (2)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28R
- Registration
- N4407T
- Year built
- 1972
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern downwind Midair collision
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8
- Registration
- N2889K
- Year built
- 1947
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern downwind Midair collision
Source: National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident database. Counts only; Voydar holds no names.
Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- McKinney National Airport (DTX)7 nm (14 km) east
- Addison Airport (ADS)15 nm (28 km) south
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