What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft crashed into the black river, pilot is missing and is assumed to have suffered fatal inj, passenger survived. (-23) on August 15, 1998, at approximately 9:00 am csdt, a Cessna 172, N6323G, registered to searcy air taxi, inc., collided with power lines while flying low over the black river during a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time & no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged, the pilot was fatally injured and the lone passenger was hospitalized. The flight originated at searcy, Arkansas.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT CRASHED INTO THE BLACK RIVER, PILOT IS MISSING AND IS ASSUMED TO HAVE SUFFERED FATAL INJ, PASSENGER SURVIVED. (-23) ON AUGUST 15, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM CSDT, A CESSNA 172, N6323G, REGISTERED TO SEARCY AIR TAXI, INC., COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES WHILE FLYING LOW OVER THE BLACK RIVER DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME & NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE LONE PASSENGER WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SEARCY, ARKANSAS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.