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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Carlsbad, CA · June 11, 1983

Date: June 11, 1983 · 05:15 local
Place: Carlsbad, CA
Airport: Palomar
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4625G
Reported as: Cessna 172H
Reported engine: Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total200 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N4625GRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17273272 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Encountered weather en route. Flew low to read a freeway sign. Severed a powerline and returned to base safely.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED WEATHER EN ROUTE. FLEW LOW TO READ A FREEWAY SIGN. SEVERED A POWERLINE AND RETURNED TO BASE SAFELY.