# Accident 19850820039589A: Piper PA28RT201, Wilmington, OH, August 20, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1985, 14:15 local time
- Place: Wilmington, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4408° N, 83.8291° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4408&lon=-83.8291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3074K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3074K-1988-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,574 total, 650 in this make and model, 336 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850820039589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK POWERLINES, THEN GROUND WHILE ON PIPELINE PATROL. PILOT MADE LOGBOOK ENTRY AT 1414 EDT. HIT LINES AT 1415.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI85FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA354), Aug 20, 1985: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N3074K), Wilmington, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N3074K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810901063279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810901063279I), Sep 1, 1981: Piper PA28RT201 (N3074K), Enid, OK, Minor damage. Pilot practicing for air taxi flight check forgot to extend landing gear.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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