- Date
- January 17, 1989, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6347HCessna T207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890117001739A
- Case key
- 26323
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot and his inadequate visual lookout (failure to see-and-avoid the obstruction). Factors related to the accident were: the birds, the pilot's excessive maneuver, and the transmission line.
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
During a cargo flight, the pilot was flying the airplane at about 500 ft AGL under an overcast layer. A flock of birds flew into the airplane's flight path and the pilot took evasive action to avoid a collision. As he attempted to resume normal flight, the airplane was in close proximity to the terrain. Subsequently, the vertical stabilizer collided with a transmission wire that was stretched across a shallow canyon. The airplane yawed violently, but the pilot was able to maintain control and land at a nearby airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6347H
- Reported as
- Cessna T207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700488
- Airframe hours
- 1,999
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Courier Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 1989 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- TBC · Tuba City, AZ
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,782 total · 226 in this make and model · 1,624 as pilot in command · 266 in the last 90 days · 73 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 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.