- Date
- July 12, 1991, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pocahontas, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77411Cessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910712027289A
- Case key
- 32901
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons and in-flight collision with a power line during an emergency descent for a forced landing.
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 cruise flt the plt reported that the eng began to run rough which progressively became worse. Unable to maintain alt he attempted to land in a field but during the apch, the acft collided with and remained suspended in power lines. The eng and acft were not examined; therefore, no determination could be made as to the reason for the reported roughness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77411
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11852
- Airframe hours
- 4,233
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pearman, Auburn
- Registered owner
- Pearman, Auburn
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1991 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- 22M · Pontotoc, MS
- Destination
- Flora, MS
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 94 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °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.