- Date
- January 19, 1986, 16:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place
- Valley View, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N52949Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860119000799A
- Case key
- 13239
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Object - wire,static
Buzzing - intentionalCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt was conducting a low pass, 40 ft AGL, on a river and struck a power line crossing his flt path. The strike caused loss of control and the acft impacted on the frozen surface of the river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52949
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1319
- Airframe hours
- 1,451
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stratis G. Bahavelos
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1985 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- C59 · Delevan, WI
- Destination
- IC5 · Plainfield, IL
N52949Registration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Cessna 177RGAirframe modelCessna 177RGEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6D
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,449 total · 361 in this make and model · 1,226 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 3 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.