# NTSB Accident FTW03LA022
> **Piper PA-22** · 2002-10-29 · Big Spring, TX, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW03LA022
- **Event ID:** 20021104X05428
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-10-29
- **Location:** Big Spring, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.751667, -101.298332
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-22
- **Registration:** N1456A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the failure of both pilots to maintain visual separation with each other.  Factors were the Piper pilot's nonstandard traffic pattern and the Cessna pilot's inability to listen to or make radio transmissions.

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