- Date
- July 17, 1979
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18171Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790717017339A
- Case key
- 135128
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1660 79/7/17 LOUISVILLE,KY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1915 N18171 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 49, 2479 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1855 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- SIM FORCED LDG.HIT UNMARKED WIRE STRUNG DIAGONALLY ACROSS FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18171
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N18171 · 1
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