Rockwell Sabreliner 60 crash, Aug 16, 2015 (4 killed), Sa...
Rockwell Sabreliner 60 accident on August 16, 2015 near San Diego-Brown Field, California, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: NTSB (as reported by...
- Date: August 16, 2015
- Aircraft: Rockwell Sabreliner 60
- Location: San Diego-Brown Field, California, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB (as reported by AVweb and AIN): the local controller's failure to properly identify the aircraft in the pattern and to ensure control instructions were being performed before turning the Sabreliner into its path. Contributing: the controller's incomplete situational awareness after taking over from a trainee during high workload, and the inherent limits of see and avoid.
A North American Rockwell Sabreliner 60 (call sign Eagle 1), returning from a mission, collided midair with a Cessna 172 (N1285U) conducting touch and go landings near Brown Field Municipal Airport, San Diego, on 16 August 2015. All four people in the Sabreliner and the Cessna pilot were killed. The NTSB linked the collision to the local controller, who was handling heavy traffic after taking over from a trainee and mistook the Cessna for another aircraft before issuing a turn onto collision course.