The two airplanes collided at about 0945 Mountain time, at 4500 feet msl. Neither the flight instructor or student in the PA-18-161 were injured, but one of the private pilots in the Cessna 152 received serious injuries, and the second private pilot was killed. At the time of the collision, the Piper PA-28-161 was in a holding pattern associated with a nearby GPS approach while the Cessna 152 was in an en route climb after departing an unrelated airport. The airplanes were operating in visual conditions.
September 9, 2009, Coolidge, Ariz., Cessna 152/Piper PA-28-161
The two airplanes collided at about 0945 Mountain time, at 4500 feet msl. Neither the flight instructor or student in the PA-18-161 were injured, but one of the private pilots in the Cessna 152 received serious injuries, and the second private pilot was killed. At the time of the collision, the Piper PA-28-161 was in a holding pattern associated with a nearby GPS approach while the Cessna 152 was in an en route climb after departing an unrelated airport. The airplanes were operating in visual conditions.
Key Takeaways:
- Two airplanes, a Piper and a Cessna 152, collided at 4500 feet msl at 0945 Mountain time under visual conditions.
- The collision resulted in one fatality and one serious injury for the occupants of the Cessna 152, while the flight instructor and student in the Piper aircraft were uninjured.
- At the time of impact, the Piper was executing a holding pattern for a GPS approach, and the Cessna was performing an unrelated en route climb.
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