# Accident 20020706015729A: Cessna 172N, Lincolncity, OR, July 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2002, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lincolncity, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0422° N, 123.9994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0422&lon=-123.9994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738QT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738QT-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020706015729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 6, 2002, AT AROUND 0930 LOCAL TIME, WITNESSES OBSERVED N738QT, A CE-172, FLYING LOW OVER THE SALMON RIVER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH SOME POWER LINES THAT CROSSED OVER THE RIVER AND CRASHED INTO THE GROUND. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED. (.19) ON JULY 6, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 0930 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N738QT, REGISTERED TO AND BEING FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED DURING AN UNCONTROLLED COLLISION WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH POWER LINES AND LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE IN CRUISE APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE-HALF MILES WEST OF OTIS, OREGON. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91, AND ORIGINATED FROM MCNARY FIELD, SALEM, OREGON, AT 0907. WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT FLYING WEST BOUND OVER THE SALMON CREEK INLET, LOW TO THE GROUND WHEN IT EXECUTED AN ABRUPT CLIMBING LEFT TURN AS IT APPROACHED POWER LINES SPANNING THE CREEK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TWO POWER LINES, SEVERING BOTH LINES, BOTH OF WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY 60                 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SPIRALED STEEPLY DOWN TO GROUND IMPACT ON A SAND BAR WHICH HAD BEEN EXPOSED UNDER LOW TIDE CONDITIONS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA02FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02FA125), Jul 6, 2002: Cessna 172N (N738QT), Otis, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance with power lines while conducting low altitude flight resulting in a loss of control and subsequent collision with terrain. Contributing factors…

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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