PILOT SPIN
Pilot Zone => Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) => Topic started by: PeterNSteinmetz on October 20, 2021, 08:19:38 PM
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Cessna 180J, N9966N: Accident occurred October 13, 2021 in Chickaloon, Alaska
Weird.
The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for a plane that reportedly collided with another aircraft in midair last week and kept flying. Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, a Cessna 180 was in a collision near Sutton that substantially damaged a wing of the plane, NTSB Alaska chief Clint Johnson said Saturday.
The pilot of the Cessna was able to land safely, and no injuries were reported. But the NTSB is still searching for the other plane, which Johnson said continued flying, and its pilot has not yet come forward to report the accident.
“We don’t think there was any damage to the other plane, but we don’t know that because it kept going,” Johnson said.
“This is an accident, and we’re trying to figure out what took place. We’d like to get both sides of the story,” he said. “So we are actively looking for that airplane.”
Authorities are reviewing air traffic control recordings in the area but haven’t been able to come up with any further information so far, Johnson said.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49184401321_72d38c6bc2_b.jpg)
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That’s the first I’ve heard of that happening.
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Could be the other guy didn't even know. Might have thought he hit a bird. That 180 doesn't seem to have incurred all that much damage.
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Could be the other guy didn't even know. Might have thought he hit a bird. That 180 doesn't seem to have incurred all that much damage.
I’m assuming that was a “before” picture. You’re right, he may never have seen the guy.