# Incident 20141004020799I: Cessna 152, Arlington, TX, October 4, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2014, 17:00 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6900° N, 97.1191° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6900&lon=-97.1191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124RP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124RP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141004020799I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 4, 2014, AT 1700, A CESSNA C-152 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N124RP, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A POWER LINE AND THEN LANDED IN A FIELD AT 8.5 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A VFR FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM EAGLES NEST AIRPORT ON OCTOBER 4, 2014 AT 1600. 10/04/2014 THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY HAD DEPARTED EAGLES NEST ENROUTE TO PRACTICE FLIGHT MANEUVERS. HE DECIDES TO DEMONSTRATE A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. HE SAID THAT HE LOOKED AROUND LOCATED A FIELD THAT LOOKED SUITABLE FOR A LANDING AS HE WAS ADDING POWER TO CONDUCT THE GO AROUND HE STRUCK THE POWER LINE. AFTER HE STRUCK THE POWER LINE HE DECIDES TO REDUCE POWER AND LAND IN THE FIELD.

I ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION OF THE FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED. I INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND NOTICES THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: THE PROPELLER SPINNER HAD A DENT IN IT, THE LEFT STRUT HAD FIVE BURNT MARKS, THE AIRPLANE?S WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED.

I ASKED THE PILOT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AIRPLANES WINDOW. ?HE TOLD ME THAT THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE WINDOW WAS IT WAS CRACKED. HE KNEW THAT HE WAS HAVING TO REPLACE THE WINDOW SO HE DECIDE TO START REMOVING IT FROM THE AIRPLANE? THE PILOT SHOWED ME ALL OF THE PIECES THAT HE HAD REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND IT APPEARED TO BE A COMPLETE WINDSHIELD. THE POWER LINES APPEAR TO BE ONLY ONE HALF INCH TO ONE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER.

## 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 CEN15CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA005), Oct 4, 2014: Cessna 152 (N124RP), Arlington, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flight preparation and navigation during a training flight resulting in collision with low wires.

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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