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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Palmer, AK · May 6, 2022

Date: May 6, 2022 · 10:15 local
Place: Palmer, AK
Airport: Palmer Fairgrounds
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N52950
Reported as: Cessna 172P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 730 total263 in this make and model102 in the last 90 days

N52950Registered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17274642 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Flying a Cessna 172P (N52950) on 06 may 2022 at approx... 10:15L/18:15Z. With the intent of landing on an off airport gravel surface marked with chalk, conducted one low pass with the intent of identifying service suitability and obstacles. Marked electrical wires were identified by the pilot on the north side of inner springer loop (approach end of the intended point of landing). These wires terminated into the ground prior to intended centerline. The electrical lines on the south side of the road and not marked, extended across the centerline. On the final approach to land, the pilot struck the power lines on the south of the road, shearing three electrical wires with the nose gear. The pilot continued the approach and landed without further incident. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose gear and the left side of the engine cowling. There were electrical arcing marks on the nose gear and lower cowling.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLYING A CESSNA 172P (N52950) ON 06 MAY 2022 AT APPROX... 10:15L/18:15Z. WITH THE INTENT OF LANDING ON AN OFF AIRPORT GRAVEL SURFACE MARKED WITH CHALK, CONDUCTED ONE LOW PASS WITH THE INTENT OF IDENTIFYING SERVICE SUITABILITY AND OBSTACLES. MARKED ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE PILOT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INNER SPRINGER LOOP (APPROACH END OF THE INTENDED POINT OF LANDING). THESE WIRES TERMINATED INTO THE GROUND PRIOR TO INTENDED CENTERLINE. THE ELECTRICAL LINES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOT MARKED, EXTENDED ACROSS THE CENTERLINE. ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, THE PILOT STRUCK THE POWER LINES ON THE SOUTH OF THE ROAD, SHEARING THREE ELECTRICAL WIRES WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING. THERE WERE ELECTRICAL ARCING MARKS ON THE NOSE GEAR AND LOWER COWLING.

Other reports on N52950 · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20160901022949ATaxi · Anchorage, AKOn 1 sep, 2016, my student and I put the flaps up in N52950, while sitting on a taxiway near to abeam the land and sea aviation fuel point, getting ready to taxi. I felt the aircraft starting to lean to the right and immediately looked out my right window to…Sep 1, 2016 · Substantial damage Incident 20090225025079ITakeoff: Departure Roll · Anchorage, AKThe pilot was doing a touch and go and, while the pilot was resetting the flaps, the plane veered to the left when it encountered ice. It clipped a runway light with the left main gear.Feb 25, 2009 · No damage Incident 19851115065479IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Crooked Creek, AKLanded on river ice after sudden loss of power and vibration. Number 2 cylinder pushrod assemblies bent, broken.Nov 15, 1985 · Minor damage