20041201029629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Jal, NM · December 1, 2004

Date: December 1, 2004 · 07:40 local
Place: Jal, NM
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N734
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN05TA033
Reported as: Piper PA18150
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 15,589 total8,800 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

N734Registered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-5258 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On December 1, 2004, at approximately 0740 mountain standard time (MST), N734, a Piper PA-18-150 aircraft, struck an abandoned power line during landing while performing coyote population reduction for the united states department of agriculture (usda). The commercial rated pilot,privacy data omitted was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 1, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 0740 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST), N734, A PIPER PA-18-150 AIRCRAFT, STRUCK AN ABANDONED POWER LINE DURING LANDING WHILE PERFORMING COYOTE POPULATION REDUCTION FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA). THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB DEN05TA033Accident · No injuriesFinal reportJal, NMthe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines. Contributing factors include the power lines, the sun glare, the pilot's reduced visual lookout, the pilot’s improper in-flight planning and decision making and the pilot's failure to perform a…Dec 1, 2004 · Substantial damage