20051214030579I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Comstock, TX · December 14, 2005

Date
December 14, 2005 · 14:10 local
Place
Comstock, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9649Q
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,400 total1,200 in this make and model120 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) On Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at approximately 1410 CST, N9649Q, a CE-172, was flying low over a rural farming area approximately 4 miles north of Comstock, TX. N9649Q struck a wire causing damage to the right wing and right strut with wire strike marks on the windshield and on the lower portion of the rudder. Also, the adf antenna was broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 CST, N9649Q, A CE-172, WAS FLYING LOW OVER A RURAL FARMING AREA APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK, TX. N9649Q STRUCK A WIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT STRUT WITH WIRE STRIKE MARKS ON THE WINDSHIELD AND ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RUDDER. ALSO, THE ADF ANTENNA WAS BROKEN.