- Date
- September 29, 1991, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Newberry, SC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2862ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910929043689A
- Case key
- 8481
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout and clearance while maneuvering at a low altitude.
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
While maneuvering at a low altitude, the airplane collided with a utility line 80 feet above the water and crashed into the lake. The pilot stated that, 'this accident could have been prevented if we had been flying at an altitude that would have provided for obstacle clearance....'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2862E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271351
- Airframe hours
- 5,289
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Augusta Aviation
- Registered owner
- Augusta Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 23, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 27J · Newberry, SC
- Destination
- DNL · Augusta, GA
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 583 total · 89 in this make and model · 439 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 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.