What happened
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(-23) Pilot reported loss of power, try's to land on sand bar next san jacinto river, aircraft's right main landing gear caught electrical wire that crossed san jancinto river, causing aircraft to hit ground and snapping off one of the telephone poles supporting the wire. Right wing tip impacted first damaging it back to the spar, followed by propeller striking next (one blade of the prop was damaged along the leading edge, left wing leading edge, damaged by wire, just inboard of strut attach point. Aircraft came to rest inverted, with wire wrapped around landing gear, all plexiglass broken. Two persons onboard aircraft, pilot and one passenger. Fuselage bent at landing gear attach point, and torqued to the right in relation to the wing, firewall bent at engine mounts. No fuel found on aircraft, aircraft was inverted for 12 hours before inspection by FAA (found no smell of fuel or stain from dye in fuel).
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER, TRY'S TO LAND ON SAND BAR NEXT SAN JACINTO RIVER, AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUGHT ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT CROSSED SAN JANCINTO RIVER, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO HIT GROUND AND SNAPPING OFF ONE OF THE TELEPHONE POLES SUPPORTING THE WIRE. RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED FIRST DAMAGING IT BACK TO THE SPAR, FOLLOWED BY PROPELLER STRIKING NEXT (ONE BLADE OF THE PROP WAS DAMAGED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, DAMAGED BY WIRE, JUST INBOARD OF STRUT ATTACH POINT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED, WITH WIRE WRAPPED AROUND LANDING GEAR, ALL PLEXIGLASS BROKEN. TWO PERSONS ONBOARD AIRCRAFT, PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. FUSELAGE BENT AT LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT, AND TORQUED TO THE RIGHT IN RELATION TO THE WING, FIREWALL BENT AT ENGINE MOUNTS. NO FUEL FOUND ON AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT WAS INVERTED FOR 12 HOURS BEFORE INSPECTION BY FAA (FOUND NO SMELL OF FUEL OR STAIN FROM DYE IN FUEL).
NTSB investigation
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