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| Date: | Friday 12 July 1991 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 120 |
| Owner/operator: | Pearman, Auburn |
| Registration: | N77411 |
| MSN: | 11852 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4233 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-85-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pocahontas, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pontotoc, MS (22M) |
| Flora, MS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING CRUISE FLT THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH WHICH PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD BUT DURING THE APCH, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH AND REMAINED SUSPENDED IN POWER LINES. THE ENG AND ACFT WERE NOT EXAMINED; THEREFORE, NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE REPORTED ROUGHNESS.
Probable Cause: PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS AND IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH A POWER LINE DURING AN EMERGENCY DESCENT FOR A FORCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA91LA184
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 20:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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