GA Aircraft, Experimental Collide On Approach To Texas Runway

It's not often that two aircraft chance to meet in mid-air and the people inside live to tell the tale. But such is (thankfully) the case in Georgetown (TX), after a Diamond DA-40 and a Giles 202 bumped into each other while both were on short final to Runway 18.

Andrew Wright, 41, of Austin and 65-year-old John Middleton of Pflugerville (TX) were taken to hospitals near Austin. The Austin American-Statesman reports their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

Georgetown has no tower -- the city council turned down the idea two years ago after neighbors complained a control tower would attract more planes and more planes would mean more noise. Since then, there have been four accidents at Georgetown Municipal.

FAA Preliminary Accident Report

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 202XS        Make/Model: EXP       Description: GILES 202EXP
  Date: 05/09/2004     Time: 2210

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: Y    Missing:
  Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
  City: GEORGETOWN                  State: TX   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
A MID AIR COLLISION OCCURRED BETWEEN N89SE, A DA-40 KATANA ACFT AND N202XS, A GILES 202 EXPERMENTAL ACFT, WHILE ON 1/4 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 18, THE N89SE,DA-40,  RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS NOT  INJURED,  AND THE GILES 202, N202XS WAS DESTROYED AND THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD RECEIVED UNKNOWN INJURIES, GEORGETOWN, TX

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   Y
                 # Pass:    0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:           Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED                                                               
                                                                                    
                                                        

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Unknown      Operation: General Aviation

  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: NONE         Wx Briefing: Y
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK

  FAA FSDO: SAN ANTONIO, TX  (SW17)               Entry date: 05/10/2004

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