# Accident 19851118057629A: Piper PA23250, Chester, SC, November 18, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1985, 08:18 local time
- Place: Chester, SC
- Airport: Chester
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6999° N, 81.2097° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6999&lon=-81.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123TT-1993-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851118057629A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK STEEL GROUND CABLES ATOP TRANSMISSION LINE TOWER NEAR DESTINATION AIRPORT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITY.

## 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 ATL86FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA026), Nov 18, 1985: Piper PA-23-250 (N123TT), Chester, SC, 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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