- Date
- February 28, 1982, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wagoner, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9688ACessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820228002909A
- Case key
- 72939
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
Low pass - performedFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During a low pass over a river, the aircraft struck some power lines approximately 125 ft above the water level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9688A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15409
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Continental 90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L Downs
- Registered owner
- Richard L Downs
- Departed
- Haskell, OK
- Destination
- Haskell, OK
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 224 total · 90 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 185° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9688A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.