ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36839
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Date: | Sunday 24 February 1991 |
Time: | 11:45 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182C |
Owner/operator: | Billy Pike |
Registration: | N8696T |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bonnyman, KY -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Evansville, IN |
Destination airport: | Hazard, KY (K20) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT MADE A LOW PASS TO ANNOUNCE HIS ARRIVAL IN THE AREA TO A GROUND PERSON, WHO WOULD THEN MEET THE PILOT AT A NEARBY AIRPORT. DURING THE PASS, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK AN UNMARKED STATIC WIRE AND DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. THE WIRES WERE SUSPENDED BETWEEN TWO HILLS. THE STATIC WIRE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 200 TO 250 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE OBSTACLE CLEARANCE. CONTRIBUTING WAS INADEQUATE ALTITUDE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO91LA025 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO91LA025
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
21-Apr-2024 08:06 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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