- Date
- August 14, 1985, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13750Cessna C-172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850814038869A
- Case key
- 31256
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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
Airport facilities,obstruction marking - unavailableFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The acft had departed from the north-south oriented grass strip for a local flt and was returning to land toward the north. On short final the acft collided with an umarked power transmission line aprx 100 ft AGL and 0.25 mile south of the apch end of the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13750
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262991
- Airframe hours
- 3,007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter W. Collins
- Registered owner
- Warren Collins Sabal Palms
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1985 · 57 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,456 total · 607 in this make and model · 5,045 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 38 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.