- Date
- November 7, 1979
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N737HECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791107031689A
- Case key
- 134838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2915 79/11/7 NR.WICHITA FALLS,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N737HE PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SHAMROCK,TX HOUSTON,TX VERNON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT STATED-COLLIDED W WIRE WHILE FLYING OVER RIVER NR BRIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737HE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.