Accident Cessna 172 N7355A, Saturday 9 January 1982

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Date:	Saturday 9 January 1982
Time:	18:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 172
Owner/operator:	Charles Harris
Registration:	N7355A
MSN:	29455
Year of manufacture:	1956
Total airframe hrs:	1683 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-300A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Fruit Vale, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Fruit Vale, TX
Destination airport:	Fruit Vale, TX
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE APPROACH HE WAS MOMENTARILY BLINDED BY THE SUN. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOP WIRE ON A FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY PULLING IT DOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY.

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