# Incident 20150522006719I: Bellanca 8GCBC, Aberden, ID, May 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2015, 07:30 local time
- Place: Aberden, ID
- Airport: Aberden
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N451PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N451PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150522006719I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/22/2015 PILOT TOOK OFF OUT OF ABERDEN IDAHO TO TAKE A LOOK AT HIS FARM LANDS.  WHILE INSPECTING SOME WHEAT FIELDS FOR RODENT DAMAGE HE DESCENDED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 FT ABOVE THE GROUND.  HE WAS AWARE OF POWERLINES IN THE AREA AND MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO STAY CLEAR.  HE THEN BECAME DISTRACTED AND HIT THE POWER LINES WHILE CLIMBING BACK OUT. HE HAD WIRE CUTTERS ON THE AIRCRAFT SO HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND MAKE A SAFE LANDING BACK AT THE AIRPORT.  THE FLIGHT LASTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

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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