# Accident 19850830042089A: Cessna L19E, Palo Pinto, TX, August 30, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1985, 17:20 local time
- Place: Palo Pinto, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7734° N, 98.3022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Pinto, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7734&lon=-98.3022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3255X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3255X-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna L-19E (registry code 2074016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-l-19e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA L19E
- Reported engine: CONT O47015
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850830042089A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES BELOW THE DAM AT POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE WHILE BUZZING THE AREA.  NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## 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 FTW85LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA340), Aug 30, 1985: Cessna L-19E (N3255X), Palo Pinto, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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