- Date
- January 20, 1984, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54042Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840120001089A
- Case key
- 24147
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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 acft collided with wires during a descent through the clouds. The student plt had found himself on top of an overcast and managed to descend through it but in doing so a power line was hit. The plt climbed back on top and continued to destination without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54042
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172 74836
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-02J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sierra Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 18, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- OAK
- Destination
- OAK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.