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FTW93IA141 · Commander 114B

28 Apr 1993 · Oklahoma City, OK, United States

Commander Aircraft Commander 114B and White & Associates Aerotek S-2A · Incident: midair collision on approach

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Event

NTSB case
FTW93IA141
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Incident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Visual Meteorological Cond

Aircraft 1 · Commander 114B

Aircraft type
Commander 114
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N194A
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Wiley Post Airport (PWA)To Wiley Post Airport (PWA)
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Approach · VFR pattern final
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Midair collision
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Minor

Aircraft 2 · Aerotek S-2A

Aircraft type
Aerotek S-2
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N51ST
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Wiley Post Airport (PWA)To Wiley Post Airport (PWA)
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Approach · VFR pattern final
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Midair collision
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Minor

Cause areas

  • Pilot in command › Instructions, written/verbal, not understood
  • Pilot in command › Visual lookout, inadequate
  • Pilot of other aircraft › Instructions, written/verbal, not understood
  • Pilot of other aircraft › Visual lookout, inadequate

Approximate · Estimated position: the centre of Oklahoma City, OK, the place the record names. Not the accident site.

NTSB narrative

THE TOWER CLEARED THE COMMANDER 114B, N194A, FOR A MODIFIED TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 17R. THE PITTS, N51ST, WHICH HAD BEEN DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON 17R WAS CLEARED TO LAND NUMBER TWO BEHIND THE SINGLE ENGINE COMMANDER. THE PILOT OF THE PITTS MISTOOK A TWIN COMMANDER ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 17L AS HIS TRAFFIC AND TURNED FINAL. AS THE PITTS ROLLED OUT ON FINAL, ITS LOWER RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE TOP OF THE COMMANDER'S COCKPIT ROOF FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND REAR TO FRONT. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE COLLISION, THE TOWER CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE PITTS TO GO AROUND. FOLLOWING THE COLLISION, THE COMMANDER LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON 17R AND THE PITTS WENT AROUND AND LANDED ON 17L.

Probable cause

THE PILOT OF THE PITTS, N51ST, MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE TOWER'S INSTRUCTIONS AND CLEARANCE, AND HIS FAILURE TO SEE AND AVOID THE COMMANDER 114B, N194A.

Verbatim NTSB analysis and probable cause from the NTSB dataset

Sources

NTSB record FTW93IA141
Event ID
20001211X12132
Case number
FTW93IA141
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: b70b1112abbe23677704037f0612642c8ce1e6428e1b9e769676c69d07027e4b; retrieved 2026-09-23T02:09:23.359Z.