- Date
- November 14, 1982, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marengo, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1443TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821114058449A
- Case key
- 71576
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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
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
Pilot overflew the area and saw no obstructions. Planned to land well down the runway. Saw wires 75 feet from runway. He says wires were 70 feet high and 50 feet from runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1443T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7205299
- Airframe hours
- 2,868
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blue Horizon Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Blue Horizon Flying Club
- Departed
- C · Oxford, IA
- Destination
- C · Marango, IA
- Airport
- Marengo, runway 9, 3,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N1443TRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 2003 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 304 in this make and model · 514 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.