- Date
- February 10, 1990, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Prue, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1407YCessna 172C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900210001849A
- Case key
- 23104
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the powerlines. The powerlines were a related factor.
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 and his two passengers were on a personal flight to look over his property at a lake. He decided to fly down a creek that entered the lake. While doing so, the plane collided with high voltage power lines, then went into the lake. The pilot said he did not see the lines, nor did he know they were there.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1407Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249107
- Airframe hours
- 1,601
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert F. & Mary Lynn Propst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Owasso, 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 590 total · 69 in this make and model · 491 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1407Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.