- Date
- April 15, 1992, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fredonia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- UNREGFlight Works Capella
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 37029
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Probable cause
An in flight collision with telephone wires while on approach for landing.
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
Planned approach - improperCause
Proper altitude - not maintained
Object - wire,transmissionCause
Analysis
The airplane collided with telephone wires during a landing approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Flight Works Capella
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Rotax 2 CYL, 42 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John J White
- Registered owner
- John J White
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 70 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 25 nm away