- Date
- February 9, 1988, 18:00 local (Feb 10, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ada, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2431NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880209002179A
- Case key
- 22536
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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 pilot was flying low up the river and hit the upper strand of a two strand high voltage power line. Both the pilot and passenger received serious injuries when the airplane crashed on a sand-bar in the river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2431N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12683
- Airframe hours
- 3,840
- Engine
- Continental C85F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronnie D. Greager
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- ADH · Ada, OK
- Destination
- Norman, 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 336 total · 66 in this make and model · 305 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °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.