37.2174° N, 86.7002° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 4, 1980 · 09:25 local
Place
Morgantown, KY
Airport
Bowling Green
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N23556
Reported as
Beech 58
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total801 in this make and model0 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.
Pilot on short flight flew below 100 feet and hit power lines. Engine shut down, landed without further incident.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ON SHORT FLIGHT FLEW BELOW 100 FEET AND HIT POWER LINES. ENGINE SHUT DOWN, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.