# Incident 19970307007089I: Cessna 182A, Calhoun, KY, March 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Calhoun, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5403° N, 87.2590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calhoun, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5403&lon=-87.2590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4883D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4883D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 325 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/19970307007089I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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