# Incident 20140722014879I: Piper PA-28-140, Columbia, SC, July 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2014, 17:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Hamilton-Owens
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5341S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5341S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,463 total, 2,463 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140722014879I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A POWER LINE AND SEVERED SAME WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 13 AT KCUB.  POWER LINE FOUND TO BE APPROX 38 FEET AGL AND 492 FEET LATERALLY FROM AIRPORT BORDER FENCE AND SLIGHTLY LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  PILOT DESCRIBED A DOWNDRAFT AND COCKPIT DISTRACTION AS THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.  NO INJURIES TO ANY PERSONS (1 PAX ONBOARD).  L/H MAIN GEAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN TWISTED TO THE LEFT AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT WITH THE SEVERED WIRE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY AND WAS HANGERED.

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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