# Incident 20010728021999I: Cessna A188B, Oakfield, NY, July 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2001, 09:30 local time
- Place: Oakfield, NY
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZKNG
- Location: 43.0650° N, 78.2710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakfield, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0650&lon=-78.2710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731WV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731WV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728021999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2001, AIRCRAFT CE-A188B, OPERATED B MR. THOMAS KUTSCHERA, CONTACTED POWER LINES WITH THE LANDING GEAR WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATIONS. THE WIRE CUTTERS ON THE LANDING GEAR SEVERED THE POWER LINES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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