ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147613
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| Date: | Sunday 12 August 2012 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  SkyStar Kitfox Series 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N646FD |
| MSN: | S70202-006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 202 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monroe, Monroe County, Ida Township, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Monroe, MI (PVT) |
| Monroe, MI | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During an approach for landing, the airplane impacted a marked power line that was about 27 feet high and about 360 feet from the runway at a private airstrip. When the airplane contacted the power line, it descended and impacted terrain about 75 feet from the approach end of the runway. The pilot thought that the airplane was high enough to clear the power line and stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had flown a higher approach and payed more attention to the location of the power line. The pilot stated that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The inadequate descent angle flown by the pilot during a final approach for landing, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a power line.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=646FD
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2012 05:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Aug-2012 19:16 | Geno | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 21:25 | Geno | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2012 23:42 | 4evergrounded | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 16-Aug-2012 23:43 | harro | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 26-Jul-2016 13:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 13:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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