- Date
- July 11, 1992, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2135ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920711024909A
- Case key
- 33108
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by both pilots, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid of the power line. The proximity of the power line was a related factor.
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
While simulating a forced landing to a pvt airstrip, the acft collided with an unmarked power line, touched down, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2135E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271167
- Airframe hours
- 4,258
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- South Seminole Flying Club
- Registered owner
- See Narrative
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1992 · 252 hours before
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Airport
- NONE · Lucas Farms, runway 18, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 29,000 total · 15,250 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB, 8 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.