- Date
- April 12, 1985, 20:13 local (Apr 13, 1985, 01:13 UTC)
- Place
- Phillipsburg, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55211Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850412014459A
- Case key
- 13043
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Analysis
During a night VFR approach to a strange airport the acft struck power lines located one-half mile from the end of the rwy. The plt stated that she was unaware of the wires & was not aware that her acft had collided with them until her forward progress was halted and her acft struck the ground. When she exited the acft after the accident she waw the wires wrapped around the nose gear and realized what had happened. The power line, which is 30 feet above the ground, is not marked with obstruction lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55211
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275135
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence E. Hicks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DEC · Decatur, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 317 · Phillipsburg, runway 21, 2,750 × 34 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 473 total · 50 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 317, 1 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.