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FTW82DA361

1982-09-01 · PLAINVIEW, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PVW

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WHILE RECEIVING TRAFFIC ADVISORIES ENROUTE TO PLAINVIEW, THE PLT OF THE C-172 WAS GIVEN THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQ FOR HALE COUNTY ARPT AS 120.7. HOWEVER THE PLT COPIED 127.7 & REACHED FTW CENTER INSTEAD. THE PLT MADE NO FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN THE CORRECT FREQ & REPORTED PATTERN POSITIONS ON UNICOM FREQ OF 122.95. THE BE-95 WAS MAKING A MODIFIED STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH & WAS MAKING POSITION REPORTS ON 120.7. BOTH ACFT LANDED SAFELY AFTER THE COLLISION. THE TOWER HAD BEEN CLOSED AS A RESULT OF A SHORTAGE OF CONTROLLERS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_FTW82DA361.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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