# Accident 20251124020209A: Cessna 172L, Zanesville, OH, November 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2025, 10:00 local time
- Place: Zanesville, OH
- Airport: Parr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0073° N, 82.0139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0073&lon=-82.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7805G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7805G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,152 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251124020209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ON APPROACH TO 42I PARR, AIRCRAFT BECAME TOO LOW ON FINAL APPROACH AND STRUCK POWERLINES.  POWER LINES SEVERED AFTER CONTACT AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 28.  NO INJURIES, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

PILOT STATED THAT "ON FINAL, I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60-65 KTS DESCENDING, AIMING TO TOUCH DOWN APPROXIMATELY ¼ THE WAY DOWN FOR RUNWAY 28. BEFORE REACHING THE RUNWAY, A DOWNDRAFT HIT THE PLANE CAUSING IT TO SINK HARD. I SAW THE POWERLINES AS THEY HIT THE LANDING GEAR AND WAS PULLING THE YOKE BACK. I CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND LANDED ABOUT¼ OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO THE GAS PUMP AREA. THERE I WAS DIRECTED TO TAXI AND PARK THE PLANE AT THE TIED OWN AREA SOUTH OF THE

RUNWAY".

## 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 ERA26LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA054), Nov 24, 2025: Cessna 172 (N7805G), Zanesville, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line during an approach to land.

## Other reports on N7805G (1)

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

- [Accident 20060708015939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060708015939A), Jul 8, 2006: Cessna 172L (N7805G), Waterford, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman stated that he landed his Cessna 172 on runway 21 at my way Private airstrip. Runway 21 is a grass strip and has a downhill slope. He landed…

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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