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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Ciales, PR · June 4, 2000

Date: June 4, 2000 · 10:00 local
Place: Ciales, PR
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9636H
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
Pilot’s flight hours: 72 total8 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9636HRegistered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17266283 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot took the decision on overflying the area where he was born. The area is in a mountainious region. Level at 2,200 MSL his propeller cut an electrical high tension wire. Beside a loud explosion and sparks, the cessn 172 was whipped by the cable causing damage to the lower cowling, propeller & spinner, exhaust pipe, pitot tube and the left wing leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT TOOK THE DECISION ON OVERFLYING THE AREA WHERE HE WAS BORN. THE AREA IS IN A MOUNTAINIOUS REGION. LEVEL AT 2,200 MSL HIS PROPELLER CUT AN ELECTRICAL HIGH TENSION WIRE. BESIDE A LOUD EXPLOSION AND SPARKS, THE CESSN 172 WAS WHIPPED BY THE CABLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING, PROPELLER & SPINNER, EXHAUST PIPE, PITOT TUBE AND THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE.