ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366243
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 September 1990 |
| Time: | 17:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B75N1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N62438 |
| MSN: | 75-6757 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL W-670A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marseilles, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Morris, IL (C09) |
| Galesburg, IL (GB6) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE CONDUCTING INTENTIONAL LOW LEVEL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A WIRE STRIKE. WITH THE WIRE ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT, IT DESCENDED INTO A RIVER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT DOES NOT RECALL DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT. THE PASSENGER REPORTED THAT HE WAS READING A CHART AT THE TIME OF COLLISION AND DID NOT SEE THE WIRE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL OUTLOOK TO AVOID COLLISION WITH A WIRE WHILE CONDUCTING INTENTIONAL LOW LEVEL FLIGHT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI90LA256
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 February 2018 | N62438 | Private | 0 | Zephyrhills, Pasco County, FL | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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