# Accident 20080308833439A: Cessna 172M, Gun Barrel Cit, TX, March 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2008, 17:14 local time
- Place: Gun Barrel Cit, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0333° N, 96.1428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0333&lon=-96.1428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13246, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13246-2018-01-10) (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 O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 421 total, 14 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080308833439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1715Z, A CESSNA, MODEL 172M FLOWN BY THE DECEASED PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ACCOMPANIED BY PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED A UTILITY LINE WHILE MANEUVERING OVER LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED IN GUN BARREL CITY, TEXAS. AN ACQUAINTANCE OF THE DECEASED, WHO WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT, STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED FROM THE EAST, OVERFLEW THE EYEWITNESS POSITION ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS AND REDUCED POWER TO BEGIN AN APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREE LEFT TURN AT A STEEP BANK ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED COMPLETING THE TURN AND HEADING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION TOWARDS THE SCHOOL GROUND. THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED UNDER CONTROL AND NORMAL POWER BUT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND GAVE HIM CONCERN OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ABILITY TO CLEAR A NEWLY INSTALLED POWER LINE. THE WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT START A RIGHT HAND BANK IN THE VICINITY OF THE POWER LINE ON A NORTHERLY HEADING TOWARDS THE WITNESS. HE SUBSEQUENTLY SAW THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING ENGAGE THE POWER LINE, BECOME ENTANGLED AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACT THE GROUND RIGHT WING FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT'S GROUND IMPACT LEFT A 43 FOOT LONG GROUND SCAR APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES WIDE.

## 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 DFW08FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA078), Mar 8, 2008: Cessna 172M (N13246), Gun Barrel City, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to avoid the transmission line. A contributing factor was the pilot's decision to perform a low-level maneuver.

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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