19800802032269A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · American Fork, UT · August 2, 1980

Date
August 2, 1980 · 13:45 local
Place
American Fork, UT
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1097W
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80FTM35
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,984 total265 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Wing hit power pole during low passes to drop candy over a crowd. Continued airborne. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

WING HIT POWER POLE DURING LOW PASSES TO DROP CANDY OVER A CROWD. CONTINUED AIRBORNE. LANDED SAFELY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.