- Date
- November 1, 1985, 16:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Tahlequah, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4969HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851101055569A
- Case key
- 21936
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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
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Visual lookout - poorCause
Object - wire,static
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft contacted static cables and descended to ground contact during an aerial search for a person. The plt had turned the acft into the sun when it contacted one of two static cables on a power transmission array aprx 159 ft AGL. The towers to which the cables were attached are located on high terrain on wither side of a 4 lane hwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4969H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284050
- Airframe hours
- 1,904
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Cecil T. Hammons, doing business as Hammons Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 30, 1985 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 60K1 · Tahlequah, OK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 49 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.