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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18150 · ND · November 7, 2007

Date: November 7, 2007 · 18:30 local
Place: ND
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N218JK
Reported as: Piper PA18150
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,766 total212 in this make and model26 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) Owner/pic was attempting to land on a rural road when he struck a wire which damaged the lift struts and windshield breaking part of the left side of the windshield. The pilot was able to land the aircraft with minor damage. He stated he was flying into the setting sun and one of the powerline poles was obstructed by trees and he was not able to avoid the wire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OWNER/PIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A RURAL ROAD WHEN HE STRUCK A WIRE WHICH DAMAGED THE LIFT STRUTS AND WINDSHIELD BREAKING PART OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR DAMAGE. HE STATED HE WAS FLYING INTO THE SETTING SUN AND ONE OF THE POWERLINE POLES WAS OBSTRUCTED BY TREES AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO AVOID THE WIRE.