- Date
- July 17, 1984, 05:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Folsom, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5752PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840717033229A
- Case key
- 24344
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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 was observed flying down a river at a low altitude toward the main body of a lake. The acft impacted a 12 kv power line. The plt stated that he did not see the wires until an instant before impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5752P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-827
- Airframe hours
- 2,740
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger D. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1984
- Departed
- 062 · Grass Valley, CA
- Destination
- 103 · Lodi, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,020 total · 704 in this make and model · 1,874 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHR, 13 nm away
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 N5752P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.