42.4824° N, 91.1166° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Dyersville, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 5, 1982 · 08:30 local
Place
Dyersville, IA
Airport
Dyersville
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6183P
Reported as
Cessna P210N
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,300 in this make and model70 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.
Too low on approach and blinded by morning sun, struck wires off end of runway. 70 foot high wire not marked.
As the FAA filed it
TOO LOW ON APPROACH AND BLINDED BY MORNING SUN, STRUCK WIRES OFF END OF RUNWAY. 70 FOOT HIGH WIRE NOT MARKED.