- Date
- May 22, 1975
- Place
- Hyannis, MA · HYANNIS, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18BSmith Mini
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750522012839A
- Case key
- 148997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1188 75/5/22 HYANNIS,MA SMITH MINI CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 4500 TIME - 0530 N18B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNSTABLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HYANNIS,MA CHATHAM,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- WHILE ATMTG MAINTAIN VIS GND CTC R GR STRUCK A CABLE BTWN 2 POLES ACROSS ROUTE 134.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18B
- Reported as
- Smith Mini
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barnstable
N18BRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2013 · Smith Miniplane DSA-1Airframe modelSmith Miniplane DSA-1Engine modelContinental C85 series
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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.