# Incident 20070424008539I: Beech 58, Ellsworth, MI, April 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2007, 09:25 local time
- Place: Ellsworth, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N4CA
- Location: 45.1675° N, 85.2440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellsworth, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1675&lon=-85.2440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705NC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N705NC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,820 total, 500 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070424008539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ON A ROUTINE CARGO RUN FLYING FROM TRAVERSE CITY, MI TO PELSTON, MI. HE ELECTED TO NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN AND DESCEND BELOW HIS CRUISING ALTITUDE TO FLY OVER WILSON LAKE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 10 FT TO 40 FT. HE STRUCK A SET OF POWER LINES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 40 FT, CUTTING THE BOTTOM TWO LINES OF A SET OF 5 WIRES. THE IMPACT DAMAGED THE RIGHT NACELLE AND THE WIND SCREEN. THE REAR CARGO DOOR BLEW OFF AS THE AIR COMING IN THE BROKEN WINDSCREEN PRESSURIZED THE CABIN. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT EAST JORDAN AIRPORT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR CUTS.

## Other reports on N705NC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100730039569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100730039569I), Jul 30, 2010: Beech 58 (N705NC), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted]

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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