# Accident 20081026850749A: Cessna R172E, Palo Pinto, TX, October 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2008, 14:55 local time
- Place: Palo Pinto, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7200° N, 98.2244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7200&lon=-98.2244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42FG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42FG-2010-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 550 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081026850749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 26, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1455 LOCAL, N42FG, A CESSNA R172E AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AFTER CONTACTING POWERLINES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT IN A RIVER.  THE PRIVATE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS FLYING THROUGH THE RIVER VALLEY AND CONTACTED THE POWERLINES AT APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT PULLED THE POWERLINES WITH IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS CAUSING THE LEFT WING AND LANDING GEAR TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN09CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA037), Oct 26, 2008: Cessna R172E (N42FG), Palo Pinto, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional low-level flight and failure to maintain a visual lookout.

## Other reports on N42FG (1)

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

- [Accident 19840610023529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840610023529A), Jun 10, 1984: Cessna R172E (N42FG), Payson, AZ, Substantial damage. Added power after bounce on landing, drifted with high angle of attack, UNICOM had reported winds calm.

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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