# Accident 19920711024899A: Cessna 150, Burns, OR, July 11, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1992, 06:51 local time
- Place: Burns, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5891° N, 118.8904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5891&lon=-118.8904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5988E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5988E-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 93 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA92FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920711024899A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE DURING LOW LEVEL FLIGHT TO SEARCH FOR MODEL AIRPLANE. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA92FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA148), Jul 11, 1992: Cessna 150 (N5988E), Burns, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM WIRES ON A 500 KV ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINE.

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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