- Date
- October 23, 1991, 14:49 local (18:49 UTC)
- Place
- Milford, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N172JKJesse Knight Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911023047379A
- Case key
- 37033
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout.
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.
Analysis
Witnesses saw the airplane flying low over a river. A witness said the airplane appeared to be in a turn prior to impacting a static wire crossing the river. Examination of the engine, airframe and flight controls after the accident revealed no discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N172JK
- Reported as
- Jesse Knight Long EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1723
- Airframe hours
- 96
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence Rizzo
- Registered owner
- Jesse C. Knight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1991 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- N63 · Sussex, NJ
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 70 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.