- Date
- December 14, 1978
- Place
- Dighton, KS · DIGHTON, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8997XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781214038389A
- Case key
- 138430
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3805 78/12/14 DIGHTON,KS CESSNA 182 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 286 TIME - 1937 N8997X PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIGHTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEADE,KS DIGHTON,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OBSTRUCTION LIGHTING REMARKS- HIT POWER LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8997X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dighton
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.