- Date
- September 26, 1984, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Webbers Falls, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52270Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840926058509A
- Case key
- 21151
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft struck electrical transmission line 80' above water while flying under the line during a wildlife survey. The acft's mission was to conduct a duck count along a river in a nat'l wildlife refuge which required low, slow maneuvering. The ex-ag pilot was familiar with the mission and the survey area. The acft's left wing tip struck the 2' cable while in a 20 deg right bank. The acft impacted the river about 1/8TH of a mile downstream fron the wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52270
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274473
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Operator
- Sallisaw Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gary D. Fine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 17, 1984
- Departed
- 2M3 · Sallisaw, 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,381 total · 150 in this make and model · 7,239 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 70 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.