- Date
- November 4, 1989, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- S. Juan Batista, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2203VPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891104044599A
- Case key
- 26678
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Probable cause
The pilot's intentional buzzing and failure to see and avoid a guy wire.
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 pilot was overflying his employers home for aerial photography. During a turn to the left the right wing collided with a guy wire. Control was regained and the aircraft landed at an airport without further incident. Parts of the aircraft's wingtip were found at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2203V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916326
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Trails
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 14 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.