# Incident 20061230028259I: Cessna 172E, Salome, AZ, December 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2006, 08:44 local time
- Place: Salome, AZ
- Airport: Indian Hills Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7592° N, 113.6155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIAN HILLS AIRPARK (2AZ1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7592&lon=-113.6155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3054U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3054U-2012-10-26) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061230028259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT REGARDING THE INCIDENT WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO THIS INSPECTOR BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ON 01/22/2007. THERE IS A DUSTER STRIP NEAR MY HOME THAT BOTH MY GIRLFRIEND AND I HAD PERMISSION TO USE. MY GIRLFRIEND LANDED AHEAD OF ME. WE WERE LANDING EAST TO WEST AND THERE WAS A LITTLE CROSSWIND FROM THE NORTH. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SOFT FIELD LANDING BECAUSE OF THE DIRT. THE STRIP IS VERY WIDE AND I WAS LANDING NORTH OF THE PLANE IN FRONT OF ME TO AVOID DUST. I WAS CAREFULLY SCANNING THE ROAD FOR TRAFFIC TO BE SURE I COULD LAND SHORT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE POWER LINES IN FRONT OF ME. SINCE I WAS PREPARING TO LAND I WAS SURE I COULDN'T GET OVER THE LINES SO I WENT UNDER. MY SPINNER CAUGHT THE GROUND WIRE AND SNAPPED IT. THERE WAS NO INTERRUPTION IN MY ENGINE PERFORMANCE. I LANDED THE PLANE AND DISCOVERED THE SPINNER DOME WAS BENT. WE REPORTED THE BROKEN WIRE. I CALLED MY HUSBAND WHO SUGGESTED I REMOVE THE SPINNER DOME AND FLY THE PLANE HOME. FLIGHT IN MY PLANE WITHOUT SPINNER IS PERMISSABLE. SO I REMOVED THE SPINNER AS MY HUSBAND SUGGESTED AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY HOME. THE PROP WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED BY A LOCAL A&P MECHANIC.

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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