# Accident 20040122018249A: Cessna 182R, Ringgold, TX, January 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2004, 09:50 local time
- Place: Ringgold, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8494° N, 97.9453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8494&lon=-97.9453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9374H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9374H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040122018249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DALLAS FSDO WAS NOTIFIED THAT A CESSNA 182R N9374H REGISTERED TO UNITED HELICOPTERS INC. HAD HIT A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WIRE WHILE ON PIPELINE PATROL IN RINGGOLD, TEXAS ON JANUARY 22, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 0950 HRS CST. THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO HIS HOME BASE AT MESQUITE, TEXAS AIRPORT. SINCE THE ACCIDENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN THE AFW FSDO AREA AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE DAL FSDO AREA WE WERE ASKED TO GO TO MESQUITE TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION AND INSPECT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. JAY STILES AND BARRY PROCTOR ARRIVED AT MESQUITE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT AILERON, FUSELAGE AND VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WING ATTACH STRUCTURE. THE WIRE FROM THE TOWER CUT OFF APPROXIMATELY 27 INCHES OF THE RIGHT HAND OUTER WING AND APPROXIMATELY 51 INCHES OF THE OUTER END OF THE RIGHT HAND AILERON. THE STRESS FROM THE COLLISION CAUSED THE FUSELAGE TO TWIST JUST BEHIND THE AFT WINDOW AND THE RIGHT HAND CARGO DOOR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE STRESS ALSO CAUSED THE RIGHT HAND WING ATTACH STRUCTURE AREA TO BUCKLE IN SEVERAL PLACES. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AND FORWARDED TO AFW FSDO. BARRY G. PROCTOR, ASI, DALLAS FSDO.

## 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 FTW04LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA064), Jan 22, 2004: Cessna 182R (N9374H), Ringgold, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain clearance from the support wire while on a pipeline patrol flight. A contributing factor was the haze restricting the pilots forward visibility, and low altitude flight.

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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