- Date
- June 18, 1987, 09:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mt.Union Boro, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3913FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870618082389A
- Case key
- 30677
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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,staticFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Precautionary landing - performed
Analysis
The aircraft collided with transmission wires while flying low during a pleasure flight. An uneventful precautionary landing was made on a highway with reduced power and full flaps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3913F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36813
- Airframe hours
- 1,197
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tailwinds,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tialwinds, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1987
- Departed
- LNS · Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- MUU · Mt Union, PA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 32 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.