- Date
- June 26, 1983, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Madrid, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69026Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626026839A
- Case key
- 33426
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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
Judgment - poorCause
Buzzing - performedCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft collided with unmarked wires over a river at about 150 feet AGL. A witness observed the acft low over the river and called an ambulance before the acft collided with the wires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69026
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282444
- Airframe hours
- 2,365
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hap'S Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 23, 1983 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- AMW · Ames, IA
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 66 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.