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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Austin, TX · April 16, 1987

Date
April 16, 1987 · 08:30 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Birds Nest
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2838F
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
232 total36 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck two powerlines while inspecting a field for a proposed landing.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TWO POWERLINES WHILE INSPECTING A FIELD FOR A PROPOSED LANDING.