# Incident 20000604034779I: Cessna 172M, Ciales, PR, June 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ciales, PR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3350° N, 66.4714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ciales, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3350&lon=-66.4714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9636H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9636H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 8 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/20000604034779I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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