# Incident 19870605018939I: Cessna 172P, Knolls, UT, June 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1987, 08:15 local time
- Place: Knolls, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7230° N, 113.2897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knolls, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7230&lon=-113.2897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52244, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52244-1990-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870605018939I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES WHILE FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE.  PILOT CLAIMED ENGINE PROBLEM. PRIMER NOT LOCKED. MEDICAL DENIED.

## Other reports on N52244 (1)

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

- [Accident 19891105044172A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891105044172A), Nov 5, 1989: Cessna 172P (N52244), Gadsden, AL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Collided with N3804F at runway intersection. Both had lifted off. Other aircraft was using inactive runway.

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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