# Incident 19860522035859I: Norwst LP65PORTFLD, Hastings, FL, May 22, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1986, 11:15 local time
- Place: Hastings, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7144° N, 81.4992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7144&lon=-81.4992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37733, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37733-2011-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Porterfield LP-65 (registry code 6480124, https://openairdocs.org/model/porterfield-lp-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORWST LP65PORTFLD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,614 total, 25 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860522035859I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT AT LOW ALTITUDE AND STRUCK A POWERLINE. DAMAGE TO THE WOODEN PROPELLER.

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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