# Incident 20110722017809I: Cessna 172D, Indian Trail, NC, July 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2011, 08:20 local time
- Place: Indian Trail, NC
- Airport: Goose Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1210° N, 80.5873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOOSE CREEK (28A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1210&lon=-80.5873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2879U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2879U-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,672 total, 200 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110722017809I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PRACTICING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITH A STUDENT.  UPON REDUCTION OF POWER TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE THE STUDENT  SELECTED A DIRT ROAD TO ATTEMPT EMERGENCY LANDING.  ON APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AGL.  NIETHER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOR THE STUDENT HAD REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK A POWER LINE UNITL THEY SAW AN ARC FROM THE POWERLINES.THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED POWER, CLIMBED OUT AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT THE GOOSE CREEK AIRPORT UNEVENTFULLY.

## Other reports on N2879U (1)

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

- [Accident 20121020022489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121020022489A), Oct 20, 2012: Cessna 172D (N2879U), Indian Trail, NC, Substantial damage. October 20, 2012, PIC [privacy data omitted] of N2879U, CE-172-D took off from airport 28A on runway 22. A total of four persons were on board. One pilot and 3…

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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