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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Champion 7ECA · Northwood, ND · June 5, 2010

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Date: June 5, 2010 · 21:38 local
Place: Northwood, ND
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9620S
Reported as: Champion 7ECA
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18 total

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What happened

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Individual was conducting low level flying while searching for cattle. The aircraft struck a power line approximately 30 feet from the ground damaging the vertical stabilizer and rudder forcing the aircraft to land in a ditch. The aircraft struck the ditch and came to rest in an adjoining field in the inverted position. The left wing tip, right wing spar, engine mount, rudder, verical stabilizer, fuselage and propeller sustained damage.

As the FAA filed it

INDIVIDUAL WAS CONDUCTING LOW LEVEL FLYING WHILE SEARCHING FOR CATTLE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE GROUND DAMAGING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER FORCING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE DITCH AND CAME TO REST IN AN ADJOINING FIELD IN THE INVERTED POSITION. THE LEFT WING TIP, RIGHT WING SPAR, ENGINE MOUNT, RUDDER, VERICAL STABILIZER, FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE.