- Date
- September 6, 1990, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lewistown, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2107FCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900906039699A
- Case key
- 41275
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain an adequate lookout while maneuvering which resulted in a collision with a transmission wire.
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
During a local flight, the pilot was flying at aprx 800 ft AGL looking for a tire that had fallen off a truck. The flight was paralleling a road when the pilot spotted what he thought was the tire. The pilot made a left descending turn to get a closer look when the airplane struck a tranmission wire. The pilot was unaware of the collision and proceeded to another landing strip. It was later found that the left wings leading edge was dented and a grass fire had ignited from the downed wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2107F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0307
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A5, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry C. Hoffman
- Registered owner
- Unknown
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,553 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.