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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Classic WACO YMF · Franklin, IN · June 22, 2014

Date: June 22, 2014 · 12:30 local
Place: Franklin, IN
Airport: Kephart Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N14770
Reported as: Classic Waco YMF
Reported engine: JACOBS R755B series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total1,500 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N14770Registered now · Classic WACO YMFS/N F5C043 · Built 1991 Airframe modelClassic WACO YMF Engine modelJacobs R755B seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

According to the pilot, the aircraft was turned from base leg to final approach and was descending normally to the displaced touchdown zone. The pilot, familiar with this landing field, was unaware he was lower than normal. A power line along a road ran perpendicular to the landing field. The power line contacted both main tires just above the center. The wire then rolled up the tire, contacted both gear legs simultaneously, and slid to the upper ends of the gear legs before breaking. The pilot heard the wire break, but felt no reaction. A normal landing was completed.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL APPROACH AND WAS DESCENDING NORMALLY TO THE DISPLACED TOUCHDOWN ZONE. THE PILOT, FAMILIAR WITH THIS LANDING FIELD, WAS UNAWARE HE WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL. A POWER LINE ALONG A ROAD RAN PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANDING FIELD. THE POWER LINE CONTACTED BOTH MAIN TIRES JUST ABOVE THE CENTER. THE WIRE THEN ROLLED UP THE TIRE, CONTACTED BOTH GEAR LEGS SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND SLID TO THE UPPER ENDS OF THE GEAR LEGS BEFORE BREAKING. THE PILOT HEARD THE WIRE BREAK, BUT FELT NO REACTION. A NORMAL LANDING WAS COMPLETED.