# Accident 19760503024549A: Grumav G1159, Hilton Head Is, SC, May 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1976
- Place: Hilton Head Is, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4CP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G1159
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,930 total, 9,999 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760503024549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT.TAIL CONTACTED 7200 VOLT POWER LINE.OTR PERSONNEL ATMTD WARN PLT WHILE LINEMAN PARKED ACFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA76AM081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM081), May 3, 1976: Grumman G-1159 (N4CP), Hilton Head Is, SC, minor damage, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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