19981114040459I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Vernal, UT · November 14, 1998

Date: November 14, 1998 · 14:00 local
Place: Vernal, UT
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3862M
Reported as: Piper PA28181
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 73 total

N3862MRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7890337 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-5)Student pilot on local solo flight, flying low level. Pilot then made direct contact with static wires above powerlines. The static wire pulled free from the pole, allowing the aircraft to continue flight. Damage to the aircraft consisted of leading edge nicks in the propeller, spinner destroyed, spinner baulkheads, two each, were damaged, and the cowlings were scratched. The aircraft returned to Vernal and landed safety.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)STUDENT PILOT ON LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT, FLYING LOW LEVEL. PILOT THEN MADE DIRECT CONTACT WITH STATIC WIRES ABOVE POWERLINES. THE STATIC WIRE PULLED FREE FROM THE POLE, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE FLIGHT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF LEADING EDGE NICKS IN THE PROPELLER, SPINNER DESTROYED, SPINNER BAULKHEADS, TWO EACH, WERE DAMAGED, AND THE COWLINGS WERE SCRATCHED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO VERNAL AND LANDED SAFETY.