# Accident 20040929024879A: Cessna 172L, Gadsden, AL, September 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0667° N, 85.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0667&lon=-85.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4336Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4336Q-2005-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 241 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040929024879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS WITNESSED TO BE FLYING LOW DOWN THE COOSA RIVER FOLLOWED BY A LARGE POP SOUND. POWER LINES THAT CROSS THE RIVER IN THAT AREA WERE FOUND BROKEN AND MISSING. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN THE COOSA RIVER WITH THE POWER LINE AROUND THE RIGHT LOWER LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL04LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA195), Sep 29, 2004: Cessna 172L (N4336Q), Gadsden, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructors failure to maintain clearance and his inadequate visual lookout while flying low over a river resulting in an in-flight collision with a wire.

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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