ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41896
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Date: | Wednesday 26 September 1984 |
Time: | 08:05 |
Type: | Cessna 172P |
Owner/operator: | Sallisaw Aviation |
Registration: | N52270 |
MSN: | 17274473 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Webbers Falls, OK -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Sallisaw, OK (2M3) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ACFT STRUCK ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE 80' ABOVE WATER WHILE FLYING UNDER THE LINE DURING A WILDLIFE SURVEY. THE ACFT'S MISSION WAS TO CONDUCT A DUCK COUNT ALONG A RIVER IN A NAT'L WILDLIFE REFUGE WHICH REQUIRED LOW, SLOW MANEUVERING. THE EX-AG PILOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE MISSION AND THE SURVEY AREA. THE ACFT'S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE 2' CABLE WHILE IN A 20 DEG RIGHT BANK. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE RIVER ABOUT 1/8TH OF A MILE DOWNSTREAM FRON THE WIRE. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X41060 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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