19940119004449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Tyler, TX · January 19, 1994

Date: January 19, 1994 · 17:00 local
Place: Tyler, TX
Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5672C
Reported as: Cessna 414A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total87 in this make and model87 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.

Narrative: Mr. Floyd hayes struck two power lines as he was making a night visual approach to the midlothian/waxahachie airport the evening of January 19, 1994, in a Cessna 414A, N5672C. The aircraft suffered substantial damage to the right propeller, lower wing skin, nose gear strut, and numerous nose panels and doors. The power lines involved are located approximately 1/2 mile from the end of the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around after striking the wires, and proceeded to the Tyler Pounds Field Airport, a flight of approximately 30 minutes duration. Neither passengers, nor the pilot were injured. The wires involved are 5/16THS inches thick. They are "common" wires, which means that they carry no electricity. This report closes this investigation and incident report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. FLOYD HAYES STRUCK TWO POWER LINES AS HE WAS MAKING A NIGHT VISUAL APPROACH TO THE MIDLOTHIAN/WAXAHACHIE AIRPORT THE EVENING OF JANUARY 19, 1994, IN A CESSNA 414A, N5672C. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER, LOWER WING SKIN, NOSE GEAR STRUT, AND NUMEROUS NOSE PANELS AND DOORS. THE POWER LINES INVOLVED ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AFTER STRIKING THE WIRES, AND PROCEEDED TO THE TYLER POUNDS FIELD AIRPORT, A FLIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES DURATION. NEITHER PASSENGERS, NOR THE PILOT WERE INJURED. THE WIRES INVOLVED ARE 5/16THS INCHES THICK. THEY ARE "COMMON" WIRES, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CARRY NO ELECTRICITY. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION AND INCIDENT REPORT.