ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367426
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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 1990 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1407Y |
| MSN: | 17249107 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1601 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Prue, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Owasso, OK (NONE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO LOOK OVER HIS PROPERTY AT A LAKE. HE DECIDED TO FLY DOWN A CREEK THAT ENTERED THE LAKE. WHILE DOING SO, THE PLANE COLLIDED WITH HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES, THEN WENT INTO THE LAKE. THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE LINES, NOR DID HE KNOW THEY WERE THERE.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE POWERLINES. THE POWERLINES WERE A RELATED FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW90LA067
History of this aircraft
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| 25 January 2006 | N1407Y | Fly Aviation | 0 | Pagosa Springs, Colorado | |
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| 22-Mar-2024 14:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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