# Accident 19860413083809A: Cessna 152, Snellings, CA, April 13, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1986, 08:30 local time
- Place: Snellings, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5105B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5105B-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 400 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860413083809A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES BUT SAFELY RETURNED TO AIRPORT. INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO ANTICIPATE STUDENT REACTIONS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5105B (2)

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

- [Incident 19910411015929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910411015929I), Apr 11, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5105B), Trenton, TN, Minor damage. Student disoriented. Precautionary landing at airport. Landed down wind and departed end of runway.
- [Incident 19901201058379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901201058379I), Dec 1, 1990: Cessna 152 (N5105B), Milan, TN. Engine quit. Forced landing in a field.

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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