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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Ft Smith, AR · December 14, 1984

Date: December 14, 1984 · 12:35 local
Place: Ft Smith, AR
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N64011
NTSB investigation: NTSBMKC85FA039
Reported as: Cessna 180K
Reported engine: Continental O470U
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total0 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N64011Registration cancelled May 23, 2017 · Cessna 180KS/N 18052862 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 180K Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Flew low attempting to follow river into fort Smith. Hit powerlines, sank in river. Pilot had consumed alcohol.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW LOW ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW RIVER INTO FORT SMITH. HIT POWERLINES, SANK IN RIVER. PILOT HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB MKC85FA039Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportFt.Smith, ARWitnesses along the Arkansas river observed the acft flying low over the river, in a northeasterly direction. As the acft approached a set of high voltage power lines that crossed the river aprx 85 ft above the water, it banked left and the rt wing struck the…Dec 14, 1984 · Destroyed