- Date
- February 22, 1986, 16:08 local (22:08 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4071DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860222006089A
- Case key
- 22103
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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.
Analysis
The acft was damaged in a collision with a power line during a low pass over a field. The acft was landed off arpt in a field after the collision with the wires. Half the rudder and vert fin were separated, the wing was torn and the prop nicked during the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4071D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34771
- Airframe hours
- 2,195
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy Edward Camp, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1985 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 390 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.