- Date
- June 24, 2017, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Morgan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7662VAero Commander Callair A 9
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170624024519A
- Case key
- 95445
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid transmission wires.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during a positioning flight, about 500 ft, he was flying along a highway, and the airplane struck transmission wires. He added that he turned back to the departure airport and landed without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to an employee of the power company, the struck transmission wires were about 93 to 100 ft above the ground.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, during a positioning flight, about 500 ft, he was flying along a highway and the airplane struck transmission wires. He added that he turned back to the departure airport and landed without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to an employee of the power company, the struck transmission wires were about 93-100 ft above the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7662V
- Reported as
- Aero Commander Callair A 9
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1390
- Built
- 1967
- Airframe hours
- 4,158.7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Elk Mountain Soaring LLC
- Registered owner
- Elk Mountain Soaring LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 2016
- Departed
- 42U · Morgan, UT
- Destination
- 36U · Heber, UT
- Equipment
- None
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
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 9, 2016
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 416.7 total · 20 in this make and model · 324.6 as pilot in command · 29.1 in the last 90 days · 12.6 in the last 30 days · 0.3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- KHIF, 17 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 MB in all.
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 N7662V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.