- Date
- July 5, 1991, 11:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- Rontonda West, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7354ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910705029699A
- Case key
- 32895
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain an adequate visual lookout which caused him to fly the airplane into wires.
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 stated that he was practicing visual approaches to an abandoned road. He did not see wires about 50 ft. above the raod and flew into them.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7354E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 72092
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Myers Airways
- Departed
- FMY · Fort Myers, FL
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 276 total · 71 in this make and model · 221 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FMY, 9 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.