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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr WESTAIR204T · Reno, NV · September 16, 1992

Date
September 16, 1992 · 10:30 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno/Stead Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8EW
Reported as
Amtr WESTAIR204T
Reported engine
Continental O200*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total200 in this make and model25 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.

Aircraft struck the top wire of powerline on final approach. Landed safely. Visibility problem from dust of road.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP WIRE OF POWERLINE ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. VISIBILITY PROBLEM FROM DUST OF ROAD.