- Date
- December 30, 1982, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- King City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5275HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821230065819A
- Case key
- 71267
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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.
In flight collision with object
Judgment - poorFactor
Low pass - performedFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft collided with & broke 3 power lines suspended across a creek. The plt made a precautionary landing at King cityarpt without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5275H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284078
- Airframe hours
- 883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard R. Dentz
- Registered owner
- Howard R. Dentz
- Departed
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- Destination
- HWD · Hayward, CA
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 642 total · 397 in this make and model · 512 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
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 N5275H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.