Big difference in approach aiirspeed = landing accident
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Tue May 16, 2017 11:38 am
The GANews daily dose of accidents
https://generalaviationnews.com/2017/05/15/planes-collide-on-runway/ is interesting. Both pilots were on airspeed, and both transmitted at least one position report. However a tight pattern by the higher and much faster aircraft, and difficult to see plane on final resulted in two masses attempting to occupy the same space at the same time. The NTSB docket includes a flight path map of both aircraft in the Video Factual Report
https://dms.ntsb.gov/public/57500-57999/57864/581933.pdf. 'See and Avoid' didn't work so well, despite the recorded efforts of the pilot who landed atop the slower aircraft.
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