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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Calhoun, KY · March 7, 1997

Date: March 7, 1997 · 15:15 local
Place: Calhoun, KY
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4883D
Reported as: Cessna 182A
Reported engine: Continental O470N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total325 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N4883DRegistered now · Cessna 182AS/N 34983 · Built 1958 Airframe modelCessna 182A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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: aircraft departed a&l private airstrip at Calhoun, KY to take pictures of floodwater and associated damage. While flying along the river at Calhoun, KY at 100 feet AGL, aircraft struck fiber optic cable (3/8") that was suspended across the river. Left main and nose gears departed the aircraft. Pilot flew the aircraft to owensboro, KY (owb) to land with crash rescue services available. Aircraft landed, striking the propeller and causing minor sheet metal damage to lower surface of fuselage. One passenger bruised by seatbelt and treated for shock.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A&L PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT CALHOUN, KY TO TAKE PICTURES OF FLOODWATER AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGE. WHILE FLYING ALONG THE RIVER AT CALHOUN, KY AT 100 FEET AGL, AIRCRAFT STRUCK FIBER OPTIC CABLE (3/8") THAT WAS SUSPENDED ACROSS THE RIVER. LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO OWENSBORO, KY (OWB) TO LAND WITH CRASH RESCUE SERVICES AVAILABLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED, STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND CAUSING MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO LOWER SURFACE OF FUSELAGE. ONE PASSENGER BRUISED BY SEATBELT AND TREATED FOR SHOCK.