# Incident 20160806014209I: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, Cottage Grove, OR, August 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2016, 14:35 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, OR
- Airport: Cottage Grove State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8041° N, 123.0321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTAGE GROVE STATE (61S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8041&lon=-123.0321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61072, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61072) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,155 total, 1,011 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160806014209I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND  WHILE CARRYING A PASSENGER DEPARTED COTTAGE GROVE OR. AIRPORT AND PERFORMED AN INTENTIONAL LOW ALTITUDE PASS DOWN A TAXIWAY OVER A GATHERING OF PEOPLE. DURING THIS  PASS HE STRUCK  AND SEVERED A HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINE.

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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