# Accident 19960906029849A: Cessna 172M, Pacific City, OR, September 6, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pacific City, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1891° N, 123.9594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1891&lon=-123.9594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12382, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12382) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,730 total, 800 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960906029849A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW UP A RIVER STRUCK A UNMARKED POWERLINE. REMAINED ALOFT. LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 SEA96LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA211), Sep 7, 1996: Cessna 172M (N12382), Pacific City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to see-and-avoid the transmission line. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's low altitude flight, and the 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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