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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185C · Newberry, MI · July 23, 2004

Date
July 23, 2004 · 19:00 local
Place
Newberry, MI
Airport
Luce County Hale Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N185DL
Reported as
Cessna 185C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total500 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While making a low approach the pilot inadvertently hit wires. He then landed and discovered he had hit the wires, damaging the spinner. Other minor damage to the wing and fuselage was discovered later.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE MAKING A LOW APPROACH THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY HIT WIRES. HE THEN LANDED AND DISCOVERED HE HAD HIT THE WIRES, DAMAGING THE SPINNER. OTHER MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING AND FUSELAGE WAS DISCOVERED LATER.