# Incident 20191123021609I: Piper PA-12, Shakopee, MN, November 23, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2019, 16:05 local time
- Place: Shakopee, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7719° N, 93.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shakopee, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7719&lon=-93.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3586M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3586M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191123021609I

## Narrative

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

2019-11-23-N3586M, WITH SINGLE OCCUPANT, THE PIC DEPARTED THE LYDIA SKYPARK (MN67) FLEW 6 MILES NORTH TO HIS FARM.  THE PIC CAME IN FOR A LOW APPROACH AND DECIDED TO NOT LAND ON HIS FARM FIELD THAT HE OFTEN DOES USE FOR LANDING.  THE DEPARTURE PATH FROM THE FARM WAS SW, AT .6 MILES FROM THE FARM THE PIC TURNED SE WITH THE INTENT TO FLY BACK TO THE HANGAR AT MN67.  IN THIS LEFT TURN ALTITUDE WAS LOST AND THE LEFT MAIN MOUNT CAUGHT ONE OF TWO 80 FT WIRES.  THE POWER LINES RUN N-S, SO HEADING SW THE PILOT FLEW OVER THE FIRST LINE AND GOT SNAGGED BY THE SECOND LINE DUE TO DESCENT IN A LEFT TURN.  IN .6 MILES, THE PIC ONLY CLIMBED 80 FT.  CATCHING THE LEFT MAIN MOUNT THE AIRCRAFT STRETCHED THE WIRE WEST, THE WIRE THEN PULLED THE PLANE BACK EAST, CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN MOUNT TO DISENGAGE AND THE PROP AND FUSELAGE TO HIT THE WIRE CAUSING A RIGHT ROLLING MOMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED 90 DEGREES AND REENGAGED THE WIRE, THIS TIME WITH THE TOP OF THE RIGHT MAIN MOUNT, INVERTED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN HANGING UPSIDE DOWN, BY THE POINT WHERE THE TOP OF THE RIGHT STRUT AND RIGHT RIM CREATE A V-SHAPE.  THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT WAS SAGGING THE WIRE, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANGING DOWN BELOW INTO THE LOWER LINES, BUT NOT TOUCHING THEM, FOR THEY CARRY 345,OOO VOLTS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNTOUCHED.  THE POWER COMPANY CONFIRMS THIS WAS A SINGLE WIRE STRIKE.  THE TOP WIRES ARE SHIELDED, GROUNDED WIRES, TO TAKE LIGHTING STRIKES AND PROTECT THE HOT WIRES BELOW.  MULTIPLE WITNESSES IN THEIR HOMES HEARD AND EXPLOSION AND ONE SAW A FLASH.  POWER COMPANY CONFIRMED THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH AN INSTANTANEOUS HIT AND DISCHARGE IN THEIR LINES.  THE OWNER OF THE CLOSEST HOME CAME OUT AND SAW THE PLANE.  HE HOLLERED UP AT IT, GOT NO RESPONSE AND ASSUMED FATALITY.  WALKING AWAY THE PIC CALLED HIM BACK.  NEIGHBOR CALLED 911.  POWER COMPANY CAME OUT.  WITH POWER SECURED, A BUCKET RECOVERY OF THE PIC TOOK PLACE.  PIC HUNG IN THE HARNESS UPSIDE DOWN OVER AN HOUR, HE HAD TO RELEASE AND SIT IN THE ROOF OF THE AIRCRAFT UPRIGHT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TIME PERIOD TO ALLOW BLOOD TO RETURN TO LIMBS AND MAKE THEM USEFUL TO ASSIST WITH HIS OWN REMOVAL.  THE AIRPLANE WAS GENTLY LOWERED TO THE GROUND INVERTED AND THEN FLIPPED OVER.  THE PILOT WENT TO MEDICAL NO INJURIES TO NOTE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT COULD NOT PROVIDE POLICE HIS PILOT'S LICENSE OR MEDICAL AS REQUESTED.  FOLLOW ON INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT WAS 1 MONTH OUT OF ANNUAL, THE PILOT MEDICAL WAS 1 YEAR OUT OF DATE, AND THE PILOT BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS YEARS OUT OF DATE.

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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