- Date
- March 19, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quinn, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1013EBellanca 7 Gcbc
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920319006869A
- Case key
- 15414
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout.
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
A private pilot set up to land south on a dirt road near an intersection. The pilot stated he was aware of the power lines and was looking for them when the airplane struck a wire on short final.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1013E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7 Gcbc
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 970-77
- Airframe hours
- 1,618
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A20, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Baye And Sons, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Baye And Sons, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1991 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- PHP · Philip, SD
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,400 total · 40 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.