Published in Lawrence Journal-World
October 26, 1986
Services for Allen Keeler Hart, 22, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Free Methodist Church in Lawrence with Pastor Harld Bishop officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. (Sec 12, Lot E Grave 11)
Mr. Hart, who lived most of his life in Lawrence, died Oct. 16 (1986) in an airplane accident near Altadena, Calif. Details of the accident were unavailable.
Mr. Hart was born July 3, 1964, in Wichita and was educated in the Lawrence school system and was a (1982) Lawrence High School graduate. He was a flight instructor for the American Fliers School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and was transferred this month to the school’s branch in Los Angeles.
Mr. Hart had obtained his commerical pilot, flying instructor and instrument flying ratings.
Survivors include his father, Harry L. Hart Jr., Lawrence and a sister, Katrina B. Hart, Lawrence.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday. The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence First Free Methodist Church in care of teh Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
NTSB accident number LAX87MA018
10/16/1986 – Cessna 172 – N1048F – LAX87MA018 – Owner: C. Plank. Operator: American Flyers (SMO) – Fatal (2) – While returning to SMO during flight training, the plane was diverted when the SMO runway was closed due to a disabled aircraft. Due to a series of air traffic control errors, in overcast weather, the plane hit the mountains in the Altadena area at an assigned altitude of 3,000 ft. The student pilot and the instructor (who had just moved to California from Florida) were killed.
Date/Time: 10/16/1986 at 1938 Pacific Daylight Time
Location: ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA
Make/Model: CESSNA 172N
Damage: Destroyed
Injuries: Fatal 2
Cause: WHILE RTRNG TO SANTA MONICA (SMO) FM A X-COUNTRY, THE PLTS DIVERTED TO VAN NUYS WHEN THE RWY AT SMO WAS CLOSED DUE TO A DISABLED ACFT. AFTER THE RWY WAS REOPENED, THEY FILED AN IFR FLT PLN TO CONT AT 5000′ & TKOF AT NGT. DRG DEP, THE AR-3 CTLR PROVIDED RADAR VECTORS (FOR CLNC AT 3000′). AT 1926:39, AR-4 CTLR ACKNOWLEDGED/ACCEPTED AN AUTOMATED HANDOFF VIA AN ARTS-III COMPUTER KEYBOARD ENTRY. AR-3 PROVIDED ADNTL VECTORS TO THE FLT, THE LAST BEING A 080 DEG HDG (AT 1929:12), BUT DIDN’T TELL THE PLTS TO CHG TO AR-4’S FREQ. AT APRX 1933, THE AR-3 & AR-4 CTLRS WERE RELIEVED & BGN BRIEFING THEIR RELIEVING CTLRS. SOON THEREAFTER, THE FLT PASSED OVR THE ASR ANTENNA, THEN WAS DISPLAYED ON THE RADAR SCOPE IN A COAST MODE. IT REAPPEARED WITH A DATA TAG, THAT ERRONEOUSLY INDCD ANOTHER FACILITY HAD CTL OF THE FLT. THE RELIEVING CTLRS SAWTHE FULL DATA BLOCK ON THEIR SCOPES, BUT DISREGARDED IT, DUE TO THE ERRONEOUS CTL SYMBOL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT HIT MTNS AT THE LAST ASSIGNED ALT OF 3000′. THE CFI HAD JUST MOVED FM FL TO CA & WAS ON HIS 2ND DAY OF EMPLOYMENT IN CA.