# Incident 19780527040969I: Cessna 172, Posey, IL, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978, 18:10 local time
- Place: Posey, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5370° N, 89.3526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Posey, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5370&lon=-89.3526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739ZZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 65 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527040969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING LOW STRUCK POWER LINES.

## Other reports on N739ZZ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230520005959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230520005959I), May 20, 2023: Cessna 172N (N739ZZ), Mount Horeb, WI, No damage. On may 20, 2023 at 1330 CST, a Cessna 172 declared an emergency and executed an emergency landing after experiencing smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed in…

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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