# Accident 20170131000829A: Cessna 177, Price, TX, January 31, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2017, 15:45 local time
- Place: Price, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1308° N, 94.9542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1308&lon=-94.9542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2810X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2810X-2018-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 600 in this make and model, 600 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170131000829A

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN THE VICINITY OF PRICE, TEXAS.  ONE SOUL ON BOARD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED PILOT WAS ON PIPELINE PATROL, TRANSITIONING FROM THE END OF ONE PIPELINE TO THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ?B? LEG GUY WIRES AT AN ESTIMATED 430 FEET AGL.  THE TOWER TOP WAS REPORTED TO BE AT 460 AGL, 875 MSL.

THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE WIRES AT 90 DEGREES TO THE WING, SUGGESTING A LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE.  A VERTICAL CABLE IMPACT WAS OBSERVED AROUND WING STATION 110.0.  ABOUT HALF OF THE WING WAS REMOVED AND FOUND IN THREE LARGE PIECES AT THE TOWER SITE.  THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS FOUND 820 FEET EAST OF THE TOWER.  WHITE PAINT TRANSFER MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE TOP GUY WIRE OF THE TOWER.   A MAJORITY OF THE FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE WERE CONSUMED BY THE POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 CEN17FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA095), Jan 31, 2017: Cessna 177 (N2810X), Price, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a communications tower guy-wire. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to conduct a long distance transition flight at a low altitude.

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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