19811028070029A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Prescott, AZ · October 28, 1981

Date
October 28, 1981 · 17:41 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N733BB
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FA008
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
356 total69 in this make and model87 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.

Struck powerlines while trying to fly under them. Had time to fly over the powerlines.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWERLINES WHILE TRYING TO FLY UNDER THEM. HAD TIME TO FLY OVER THE POWERLINES.

NTSB investigation

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