ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174324
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| Date: | Thursday 22 January 2004 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182R Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | United Helicopters Inc DBA |
| Registration: | N9374H |
| MSN: | 18267939 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8231 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ringgold, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Mesquite, TX (HQZ) |
| Guymon, OK (GUY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 16,000-hour commercial pilot was on a routine pipeline patrol at an altitude of 300 feet above ground level, when the outboard part of the right wing of the airplane came in contact with a tower support wire. After impact the pilot "deemed the plane flyable," and elected to return to the departure airport. The pilot reported that the conditions were hazy and that by the time he saw the tower, it was too late to take evasive actions. The utility tower was depicted on the sectional chart.
Probable Cause: The pilots failure to maintain clearance from the support wire while on a pipeline patrol flight. A contributing factor was the haze restricting the pilots forward visibility, and low altitude flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040126X00107&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 June 1981 | N9375H | Air Center Ltd | 1 | New Virginia, IA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2015 15:50 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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