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| Title: | Midair Collision, United States Air Force, F111-D, Building Contractors Inc., Cessna TU-206G, Clovis, New Mexico, February 6, 1980 |
| Micro summary: | A F-111D collided with a Cessna Tu-206G in flight, destroying both airplanes and killing all occupants. |
| Event Time: | 1980-02-06 at 1026 MST |
| File Name: | 1980-02-06-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-82-10 |
| Pages: | 42 |
| Site of event: | 11 nmi northeast of Cannon Air Force Base |
| Latitude/Longitude: | N34°30'97" W103°9'98" N34°30'0" W103°11'42" (strange . between ' and " in original) |
| First Airplane | Second Airplane | ||
| Departure: | Tucumcari Municipal Airport, Tucumcari, New Mexico | Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico, USA | |
| Destination: | Clovis Municipal Airport, Clovis, New Mexico, USA | Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico, USA | |
| Airplane Type(s): | Cessna TU-206G; | General Dynamics F111-D | |
| Flight Phase: | Cruise | Cruise | |
| Registration(s): | N7393N | 68-119 | |
| Operator(s): | Building Contractors, Inc. | United States Air Force | |
| Type of flight: | Private | Training | |
| Occupants: | 2 | 2 | |
| Fatalities: | 2 | 2 | |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 | 0 | |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 0 | 0 | |
| Other Injuries: | 0 | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | About 1026, on February 6, 1980, a Cessna TU-206G, N7393N, and a United States Air Force tactical aircraft, a General Dynamics F-111D, collided in midair about 11 nmi northeast of Cannon Air Force Base. The Cessna had departed Alemeda Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico, had made an en route stop at Tucumcari, New Mexico, and was destined for Clovis, New Mexico. On the morning of February 6, the General Dynamics F-111D had departed Cannon Air Force Base, located about 13 miles southwest of the Clovis Municipal Airport, on a cross country training flight. The F-111D was returning to Cannon Air Force Base to complete the mission. The two aircraft collided near 5,800 feet m.s.1. The pilot and passenger aboard the Cessna and both crewmembers of the F-111D were killed. The weather was clear and the visibility was reported as 30 miles. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of both aircraft to request radar traffic advisories, the failure of the F-111D flightcrew to see and avoid the Cessna TU-206G, and the failure of the RAPCON controllers to observe the Cessna radar target and to issue traffic advisories to the F-111D. Contributing to the accident were the limitations of the see and avoid concept in a terminal area with low speedfhigh speed traffic. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Airspace - Air Traffic Control |
| Operations - Airspace - Mid-Air Collision | |
| Operations - Airspace - See & avoid | |
| Consequence - Hull Loss |
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