- Date
- August 26, 1989, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- West Salem, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N42WTBrumbaugh/Hubin Long EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890826031779A
- Case key
- 14190
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual outlook and attention diversion by the pilot. Factor(s) related to the accident was: the presence of the wires.
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 airplane collided with wires during a long, low & flat approach to the airport for the purpose of making a low pass to have the pass videotaped. Pilot reported being distracted by another airplane not in radio contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42WT
- Reported as
- Brumbaugh/Hubin Long EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1670
- Airframe hours
- 160
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilbert N. Hubin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1989 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- 3G4 · Ashland, OH
- Destination
- 29G · Ravenna, OH
- Airport
- 14O1 · Pleasant Home, runway 7, 2,500 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,964 total · 152 in this make and model · 3,804 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 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.