# Incident 19960109001179I: Cessna 182Q, Bermuda Dunes, CA, January 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Airport: Bermuda Dunes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7484° N, 116.2748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERMUDA DUNES (UDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7484&lon=-116.2748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606CT-2011-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960109001179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, WITH AN INTENDED LANDING AT BERMUDA DUNES, CA. PILOT SET UP FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 28. PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH AN AIRCRAFT DEPARTING UDD ON RUNWAY 28, ON UNICOM FREQUENCY. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, PILOT HIT HIGH TENSION POWER LINES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 28. PILOT ABORTED APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 10. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO DING IN RIGHT LIFT STRUT. UDD RUNWAY 28 IS EQUIPPED WITH A VASI. UDD ACTING AIRPORT MANAGER CHECKED VASI, AND WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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