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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Wagabond · Greensboro, NC · July 22, 2001

Date: July 22, 2001 · 11:30 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N110RH
Reported as: Amtr Wagabond
Reported engine: Continental C85*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,550 total55 in this make and model

N110RHRegistered now · Hyman Bernard-Reginald WAGA A BONDS/N 766 · Built 1999 Airframe modelHyman Bernard-Reginald WAGA A BOND Engine modelContinental C85 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 was attempting to land on a 900 foot grass strip and noted that he was long and too fast. He elected to go around and upon his climb out the propeller came in contact with the top wire of a power line. The pilot could not maintain altitude and landed the aircraft in a corn field approximately one quarter of a mile from the point of contact with the power line.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A 900 FOOT GRASS STRIP AND NOTED THAT HE WAS LONG AND TOO FAST. HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND UPON HIS CLIMB OUT THE PROPELLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TOP WIRE OF A POWER LINE. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORN FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE.