- Date
- July 2, 1983, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8876UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830702028289A
- Case key
- 6108
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a power line spanning a river during a low pass over the water. The pilot said the purpose of thelow pass was to look for his father in a boat. He said he thought he saw the boat and in pulling up the acft hit the power line. Control was lost and the acft collided with the water and sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8876U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78010
- Airframe hours
- 2,662
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Franklin
- Registered owner
- Dixie Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- TCL · Tuscaloosa, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,315 total · 122 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCL, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.