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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Vidalia, LA · September 27, 2014

Date
September 27, 2014 · 18:15 local
Place
Vidalia, LA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4883G
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
241 total207 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot was flying very low level southeast down black river lake near Vidalia, LA when he struck a power line. The line damaged the prop and cowling. Pilot flew to concordia parish airport to inspect damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING VERY LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST DOWN BLACK RIVER LAKE NEAR VIDALIA, LA WHEN HE STRUCK A POWER LINE. THE LINE DAMAGED THE PROP AND COWLING. PILOT FLEW TO CONCORDIA PARISH AIRPORT TO INSPECT DAMAGE.