# Incident 20120111000209I: Griffiths James Sydney KOKOPELLI SUPERPACER, Richfield, UT, January 11, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Richfield, UT
- Airport: Richfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7341° N, 112.1016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHFIELD MUNI (RIF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7341&lon=-112.1016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8VX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRIFFITHS JAMES SYDNEY KOKOPELLI SUPERPACER
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 81 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120111000209I

## Narrative

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

DURING LOCAL FLIGHT PILOT DECIDED TO DO A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING WITH THE INTENTION TO DO A LOW ALTITUDE RECOVERY/GO-AROUND.  THE PILOT DID NOT SEE A SMALL RURAL POWERLINE AND THE PROP STUCK THE LINE.  THE PILOT THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE STRUCK A BIRD AND RETURNED TO THE RIF AIRPORT AND AT THAT TIME DISCOVERED THE PROP DAMAGE AND DETERMINED HE HAD STRUCK A POWERLINE.DAMAGE WAS MINOR.

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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