ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354237
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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1998 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Taylorcraft BC12-65 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N47893 |
| MSN: | 2934 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Engine model: | Continental A-65-8F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Buxton, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot flew an approach to a river to land his floatplane. During the approach, the airplane's right wing struck an unmarked power-line, which caused the airplane to spin several times before impacting the water, floats first. The student pilot had never obtained his private pilot's certificate, although he had logged over 5,800 hours as student pilot-in-command, of which 2,200 hours were in make and model.
Probable Cause: failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid power lines (inadequate visual lookout), as he was approaching to make a water landing on a river.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC98LA135
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 20:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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