# Incident 20051214030579I: Cessna 172M, Comstock, TX, December 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2005, 14:10 local time
- Place: Comstock, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6844° N, 101.1734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Comstock, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6844&lon=-101.1734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9649Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9649Q-2015-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051214030579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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