# Accident 20160701006549A: Beech 23, Maryville, MO, July 1, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2016, 19:15 local time
- Place: Maryville, MO
- Airport: Rankin Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3317° N, 94.8347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3317&lon=-94.8347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8704M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8704M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160701006549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT RANKIN AIRPORT (78Y) AND STRUCK POWER LINES APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 17. THERE ARE MARKER BALLS ON THE EASTERN MOST WIRE. UPON HITTING THE LINES, THE PLANE FLIPPED OVER, SPUN LATERALLY, SLID DOWN THE LINES APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

## 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 GAA16CA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA357), Jul 2, 2016: Beech 23 (N8704M), Maryville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid power lines on approach during landing, resulting a power line strike, uncontrolled descent, and collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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