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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7DC · Hawick, MN · February 9, 2005

Date: February 9, 2005 · 16:00 local
Place: Hawick, MN
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4533E
Reported as: Bbavia 7DC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 335 total167 in this make and model

N4533ERegistered now · Aeronca 7DCS/N 7DC-139 Airframe modelAeronca 7DC Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot departed painesville municipal airport, painesville, MN (2P3) with ski-equipped airplane at 1445 CST in VFR conditions. Pilot had conducted landings on mud lake and was attempting to land at the east bay of long lake in Hawick, MN when he hit an obscured power line. Pilot examined aircraft while on surface and then took off and returned to painesville airport and landed without further incident. Minor damage occurred to aircraft and power line was cut on the surface. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft was not injured during the event.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED PAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PAINESVILLE, MN (2P3) WITH SKI-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE AT 1445 CST IN VFR CONDITIONS. PILOT HAD CONDUCTED LANDINGS ON MUD LAKE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE EAST BAY OF LONG LAKE IN HAWICK, MN WHEN HE HIT AN OBSCURED POWER LINE. PILOT EXAMINED AIRCRAFT WHILE ON SURFACE AND THEN TOOK OFF AND RETURNED TO PAINESVILLE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AIRCRAFT AND POWER LINE WAS CUT ON THE SURFACE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE EVENT.