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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Ringle, WI · August 21, 1988

Date
August 21, 1988 · 11:30 local
Place
Ringle, WI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N146Y
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total60 in this make and model63 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.

Hit powerline on final approach. Landed safely. Grass caught on fire when wire hit ground.

As the FAA filed it

HIT POWERLINE ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. GRASS CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN WIRE HIT GROUND.