# Incident 19910818043259I: Cessna A185F, Sevierville, TN, August 18, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1991, 14:45 local time
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Airport: Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8578° N, 83.5287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GATLINBURG-PIGEON FORGE (GKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8578&lon=-83.5287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80840, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80840-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910818043259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED LANDING ON RIVER. DURING GO AROUND RIGHT WING TIP HIT ELECTRIC WIRE. FLEW TO AIRPORT AND LANDED.

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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