Accident · 1993-04-14

NTSB case SEA93FA094 · GRUMMAN A6E · ARMF

What the record says

Event date: 1993-04-14
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: GRUMMAN A6E (NUSN)
Operating rule: ARMF
Operator: UNITED STATES NAVY Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): UNITED STATES NAVY

Probable cause

THE INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF THE SEE-AND-AVOID CONCEPT OF SEPARATION OF AIRCRAFT OPERATING UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES THAT PRECLUDED THE CREW OF THE A6E AND THE PILOT OF THE AGCAT FROM RECOGNIZING A COLLISION HAZARD AND TAKING ACTIONS TO AVOID A MIDAIR COLLISION.

Source: NTSB case SEA93FA094

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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