DURANT, OK, USA
N4861B
CESSNA 152
N704VC
CESSNA 150M
BEFORE TAKEOFF, A STUDENT & A COMMERCIAL PLT AGREED TO RENDEZVOUS & FLY FORMATION WHILE THE STUDENT TOOK PICTURES OF THE COMMERCIAL PLT'S ACFT. THE STUDENT WAS TO FLY A CESSNA 152, N4861B, WHILE THE COMMERCIAL PLT FLEW A CESSNA 150, N704V6. THEY PLANNED FOR THE STUDENT TO FLY STRAIGHT & LEVEL WHILE THE COMMERICAL PLT FLEW AT POSITIONS AROUND THE STUDENT'S PLANE. ALSO, THEY AGREED TO COMMUNICATE ON VHF FREQ 122.9. AFTER DEPARTING THE ARPT, THE COMMERICAL PLT JOINED (RENDEVOUSED) WITH THE STUDENT, BUT 2-WAY COMMUNICATION WAS NOT ESTABLISHED SINCE THE CESSNA 150 WOULD ONLY RECEIVE (NOT TRANSMIT) ON 122.9. HOWEVER, THEY CONTINUED WITH THEIR MISSION. WHILE ON AN EASTERLY HEADING IN FORMATION, THE COMMERCIAL PLT'S PLANE WAS ON THE LEFT & SLIGHTLY LOW, WHEN THE 2 ACFT CONVERGED & THE WINGS COLLIDED. THE STUDENT'S PLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE THE COMMERCIAL PLT'S ACFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, BUT BOTH LANDED SAFELY. NEIGHER PLT HAD PREVIOUS TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE WITH FORMATION FLT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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