# Incident 19881113057949I: Piper PA28161, Whitney, TX, November 13, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Whitney, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9524° N, 97.3198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9524&lon=-97.3198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6918D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6918D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 80 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881113057949I

## Narrative

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

HIT 2 POWERLINES WHILE FLYING LOW OVER RIVER. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N6918D (1)

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

- [Incident 20200629010249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200629010249I), Jun 29, 2020: Piper PA-23-160 (N6918D), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. On 06/29/2020, aircraft N6918D, during climb out at approximately 400 feet AGL, the determination was to make an emergency landing opposite direction on 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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