28.5729° N, 80.8204° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Titusville, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 13, 1985 · 16:00 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Dunn
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31339
Reported as
Dhav L20A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total56 in this make and model55 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.
Intermittent power loss during climb. During return to airport unable to maintain altitude and struck powerline.
As the FAA filed it
INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS DURING CLIMB. DURING RETURN TO AIRPORT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND STRUCK POWERLINE.