# Accident 20101231055959A: Quest Aircraft Company LLC KODIAK 100, Reedsport, OR, December 31, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2010, 10:55 local time
- Place: Reedsport, OR
- Airport: North Bend
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7506° N, 124.0264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7506&lon=-124.0264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702FW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUEST AIRCRAFT COMPANY LLC KODIAK 100
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11TA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11TA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101231055959A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 2010, ABOUT 1055 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A QUEST KODIAK 100, N702FW, IMPACTED A POWER LINE STRUNG ACROSS THE SMITH RIVER ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF REEDSPORT, OREGON. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRPLANE, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PUBLIC USE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED NORTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT, NORTH BEND, OREGON, ABOUT 1000, HAD A PLANNED DESTINATION OF ASTORIA, OREGON. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PLANE WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT FILED AND ACTIVATED A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN.ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, PRIOR TO MAKING HIS OBSERVATION FLIGHT UP THE SMITH RIVER AT A PLANNED ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), HE FIRST OVERFLEW THE AREA AT 500 FEET AGL IN ORDER TO LOOK FOR ANY POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS. HE THEN BEGAN HIS OBSERVATION FLIGHT, AND WHEN HE WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF REEDSPORT, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE POWER LINE. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT ALTHOUGH HE SAW THE POWER LINE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE IMPACT, HE DID NOT HAVE TIME ENOUGH TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION THAT WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE WIRE. AFTER THE IMPACT, THE PILOT CHECKED THE PLANE'S CONTROLLABILITY, AND THEN MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN TO NORTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR LANDING.THE IMPACT WITH THE POWER LINE RESULTED IN A RIP OF THE SKIN AND DEFORMATION OF ONE AILERON, AND SEVERAL CHUNKS OF METAL BEING TORN FROM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PROPELLER.

## 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 WPR11TA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11TA083), Dec 31, 2010: Quest Kodiak 100 (N702FW), Reedsport, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines during a low-level aerial observation flight. Contributing to the accident was pilot's failure to review a route hazards map prior to…

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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