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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raven RX-7 · Ft Myers, FL · December 13, 1987

Date: December 13, 1987 · 15:00 local
Place: Ft Myers, FL
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6407S
Reported as: Raven RX7
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15 total15 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N6407SRegistered now · Aerostar International RX-7S/N RX7-3034 · Built 1987 Airframe modelAerostar International RX-7 Engine modelNONENone

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.

Applied too much heat attempting to avoid powerlines. Over vented. Could not recover. Hit powerlines.

As the FAA filed it

APPLIED TOO MUCH HEAT ATTEMPTING TO AVOID POWERLINES. OVER VENTED. COULD NOT RECOVER. HIT POWERLINES.

Other reports on N6407S · 1

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

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