- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Place
- Columbia, IL · COLUMBIA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5907HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780618014869A
- Case key
- 140895
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1830 78/6/18 NR.COLUMBIA,IL PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, TIME - 1950 N5907H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 533 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FENTON,MO COLUMBIA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5907H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbia
N5907HRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.