- Date
- April 22, 1984, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mullin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5454JCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840422014829A
- Case key
- 21316
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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
Judgment - poorCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Low pass - intentionalCause
Ostentatious displayCause
Object - wire,transmission
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The acft was observed by witnesses to have been flying very low, paralleling highway 84. A set of railroad tracks parallel the highway. Between the rr tracks and hwy is a power line. The witnesses saw the left wing contact the pwr line and the acft roll to the left, colliding with the gnd nearly inverted. Power cable was found wrapped around the propeller hub.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5454J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273800
- Airframe hours
- 329
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Airmaster Aviation Co.
- Registered owner
- Hugh D. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1984 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- F34 · Goldthwaite, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 5 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPL, 65 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.