On Jan 21, 9:30*am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:39:44 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote in
2008012019394416807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom:

That fact that it is extremely rare ...

A MAC occurred at Corona Municipal Airport less than ten years ago:
3/19/1998 *

* *http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X09700&key=1
* * NTSB Identification: LAX98FA118A
* * 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
* * Accident occurred Thursday, March 19, 1998 in CORONA, CA
* * Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/13/2000
* * Aircraft: Cessna 310H, registration: N310RR
* * Injuries: 3 Fatal.
* * A Cessna 310 and a Cessna 152 collided in-flight about 2 miles
* * south of the Corona airport at 2,600 feet mean sea level (about
* * 2,000 above ground level). The Cessna 310, with two pilots aboard,
* * was descending toward another nearby area airport, and the Cessna
* * 152, flown by a certified flight instructor (the sole occupant)
* * from the right seat, was orbiting south of the airport awaiting
* * the reopening of the runway following construction. Radar data
* * showed that in the 1 minute 18 seconds prior to the collision, the
* * Cessna 310 descended from 4,000 feet to the collision point on a
* * southeast bound ground track at a rate of about 1,200 feet per
* * minute. Nine seconds prior to the collision, the Cessna 152, which
* * had been on a westbound track, began a right turn toward a
* * northwest bound ground track. Over the 1 minute 18 second period,
* * the horizontal separation decreased from 6.01 nautical miles to
* * zero as the vertical separation decreased 1,400 feet.
* * Reconstruction of the two airplanes revealed that at the point of
* * collision, the Cessna 310's lateral axis was about 80 degrees to
* * the Cessna 152's vertical axis as the 310's outer right wing and
* * tip tank contacted the 152's left main gear strut, lift strut, and
* * inboard left wing. In the one minute prior to the collision, the
* * relative horizontal bearing from the Cessna 310 ground track to
* * the Cessna 152 was between 8 and 10 degrees left of the track.
* * During this same period, the relative horizontal bearing from the
* * Cessna 152 ground track to the Cessna 310 varied between 25
* * degrees and 40 degrees right of the Cessna 152 ground track as it
* * maneuvered prior to the right turn. Trigonometric calculation of
* * altitude difference between the targets yielded a 2 degree 10
* * minute relative vertical angle between the target positions.

* * The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable
* * cause(s) of this accident as follows:

* * The failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout
* * and to see and avoid the other airplane.

* * Full narrative available

Wow, what are the odds of two Cessnas hitting each other at the same
airport within a ten year peiod? It's a conpiracy!

Wil