# Accident 20111030024669A: Cessna 172K, Florence, MT, October 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2011, 16:20 local time
- Place: Florence, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6117° N, 114.0467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6117&lon=-114.0467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7276G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111030024669A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 30, 2011 N7276G, REGISTERED TO NORTHSTAR AVIATION IN HAMILTON MONTANA WAS RENTED BY THE PILOT FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT. RETURNING TO THE HAMILTON AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES SPANNING THE BITTEROOT RIVER NEAR FLORENCE, MT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT, STEVENSVILLE, MT. THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT THE SHORT DISTANCE FROM STEVENSVILLE AIRPORT TO THE HAMILTON AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR12CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA025), Oct 30, 2011: Cessna 172K (N7276G), Florence, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a power line during a low-level flight along a river. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to fly at a low altitude.

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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