# Accident 20060713016039A: Cessna 172E, Big Lake, AK, July 13, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2006, 07:00 local time
- Place: Big Lake, AK
- Airport: Big Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2903° N, 156.6495° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2903&lon=-156.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5560T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5560T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 900 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060713016039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH A POWERLINE WHILE MANEUVERING AT A LOW ALTITUDE 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG LAKE. PILOT HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR FISH IN A RIVER WHEN AIRPLANE STRUCK POWERLINE. (-23 AMENDMENT) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY STRUCK POWER LINES THAT WERE NOT MARKED ON THE SECTIONAL CHART AND THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT NO NOTAMS WERE IN EFFECT FOR THE LINES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC06LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA101), Jul 13, 2006: Cessna 172E (N5560T), Big Lake, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from a transmission line while performing a low altitude maneuver, which resulted in an in-flight collision with the transmission line.

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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