# Accident 20120310002719A: Cessna 172N, Orleans, VT, March 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2012, 12:30 local time
- Place: Orleans, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9814° N, 72.2445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9814&lon=-72.2445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738QF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738QF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 156 total, 48 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120310002719A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 10, 2012 N738QF DEPARTED BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE AIRPORT (FSO) ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DO TOUCH AND GO'S.  AFTER FINISHING AT FSO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOUL OCCUPANT, HEADED FOR NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT (EFK) FOR TOUCH AND GO'S, THEN NORTH TO LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG FOR SOME LOW FLYING, BELOW 100 FEET.  HE RETURNED TO A FLIGHT LEVEL OF 1200 FEET, HEADING FOR EFK FOR MORE TOUCH AND GO'S, WHEN HE DECIDED TO FLY LOW OVER THE FIELDS NORTHEAST OF ORLEANS, VT, WEST OF INTERSTATE 91.  LEAVING THE FIELDS FOR THE MEDIUM OF THE INTERSTATE SOUTH BOUND, JUST NORTH OF EXIT 26, THE MAIN STREET EXIT, HE CLIMBED UP TO THE LEFT THROUGH 3 POWER LINES CROSSING I-91.  THE POWER LINES WERE BROKEN, FALLING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND LATER CLOSING I-91 NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND.  N738QF SUFFERED A BROKEN WINDSHIELD, PILOT'S WINDOW, A JAMMED RUDDER, LEFT WING AND STRUT LEADING EDGE DAMAGE AND PITTING FROM ELECTRICAL ARCING AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND THE LEFT WING AND STRUT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGAINED CONTROL, CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE TO FIND EFK AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH TO EFK.  HE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, TAXIED, AND PARKED EXITING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE FBO.

## 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 ERA12CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA222), Mar 10, 2012: Cessna 172N (N738QF), Orleans, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line while conducting low-altitude flight.

## Other reports on N738QF (2)

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

- [Incident 20200521003409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200521003409I), May 21, 2020: Cessna 172N (N738QF), Melbourne, AR, Minor damage. Investigation: the lit FSDO was notified via a phone call from the chief pilot of ozarka 141 pilot school on 05/22/2020. The chief pilot indicated that on…
- [Incident 20190814014199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190814014199I), Aug 14, 2019: Cessna 172N (N738QF), Melbourne, AR, Minor damage. At 0930 on August 14, 2019 while conducting a 14 CFR 141 training flight at K42A, the instructor and student in N738QF during climb out experienced a bird…

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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