# Incident 20170323002169I: Cessna 140, Wray, CO, March 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2017, 08:40 local time
- Place: Wray, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0799° N, 102.2286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wray, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0799&lon=-102.2286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2505N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2505N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 77 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/20170323002169I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 ON THE MORNING OF 03/23/2017 IN VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS THE PILOT OF N2505N DEPARTED WRAY AIRPORT (2V5) IN A SOUTH-WESTERLY DIRECTION WITH THE INTENT OF VISUALLY INSPECTING A FRIEND'S FIELD.  THE FIELD IN QUESTION IS APPROXIMATELY 6-7 MILES FROM 2V5 ON APPROXIMATELY A 255 DEGREE HEADING.  WHILE APPROACHING THE FIELD THE PILOT DESCENDED TO ROUGHLY 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.  AS THE PILOT CROSSED A COUNTY ROAD THE AIRCRAFT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH POWER-LINES.  THE PILOT, UPON RECOGNIZING WHAT HAD HAPPENED, INITIATED A CLIMB AND RETURNED BACK TO 2V5.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ENSUED WITH THE PILOT RECEIVING NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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