ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295980
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| Date: | Saturday 19 April 2003 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Rans S-12 |
| Owner/operator: | James Lee Stooksbury |
| Registration: | UNREG |
| MSN: | 1192332 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Point, Tennessee -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | West Point, TN (KPVT) |
| West Point, TN (KPVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to a witness, the pilot was departing to the north under some high voltage power lines which ran northeast to southwest about 50 feet above the ground. After takeoff both wings on airplane had folded upward. The airplane turned northwest and executed a 180-degree turn. As the airplane approached the strip heading southeasterly, it began to bank to the left to align with the strip's southerly heading. As it banked the left wing contacted the wires and the airplane collided with the ground inverted at about a 45-degree nose down attitude. The airplane was found 100 feet from the point of wire contact, on the northeast side of the departure end of the airstrip. Examination of the unregistered airplane revealed crush damage to the cockpit area, and the left wing was separated about 18 inches outboard of the wing tip.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate obstacle clearance which resulted in the inflight collision with a utility line. A factor was utility lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL03LA080
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 15:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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