# Accident 20050922020749A: Cessna 170A, Ione, WA, September 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2005, 16:50 local time
- Place: Ione, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7398° N, 117.4220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ione, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7398&lon=-117.4220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9527A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9527A-2006-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050922020749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS OPERATING HIS PERSONAL AIRPLANE ON A LOCAL SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT. HE WAS FLYING LOW OVER A RIVER WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A PAIR OF UNMARKED POWER LINES CROSSING THE RIVER AT ABOUT 90 FEET AGL. THE FIRST WIRE SNAGGED HIS LANDING GEAR CAUSING AN UNCONTROLLABLE DESCENT NOSE FIRST INTO THE RIVER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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