- Date
- May 20, 1973
- Place
- Pocahontas, AR · POCAHONTAS, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5807DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730520012099A
- Case key
- 190722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1073 73/5/20 POCAHONTAS,ARK PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 29, TIME - 1500 N5807D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 60 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCAHONTAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POCAHONTAS,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- HIT LWR WIRE OF TWO WIRE PWR LINE.WINDSHIELD KNOCKED OUT,ACFT TRAVELED STRAIGHT ABT 200YDS,HIT GND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5807D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pocahontas
N5807DRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.