- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 24, 1984 |
Time: | 1118 |
Location: | San Luis Obispo, California |
Operator: | Wings West Airlines / Private |
Flight #: | 628 |
Route: | San Luis Obispo - San Fransisco |
AC Type: | Beechcraft C99 / Rockwell 112TC |
Registration: | N6399U/N112SM |
cn / ln: | U187 / |
Aboard: | 17 (passengers:13 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 17 (passengers:13 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | A head-on midair collision occurred at 3, 400 ft. near San Luis Obispo Airport . The Beech was climbing and the Rockwell was descending. Two aboard the Rockwell aircraft were killed along with 15 aboard the Beech. Failure of the pilots of both aircraft to follow the recommended communications and traffic advisory practices for uncontrolled airports in alerting each other to their presence. Underlying the accident were the physiological limitations of human vision and reaction time. |
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