- Date
- July 21, 1991, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ione, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7066KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910721029009A
- Case key
- 41491
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Probable cause
Inadequate clearance. A factor to the accident was: poor inflight planning.
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
While flying low over a river, the airplane collided with a power line that ran across the river. The airplane collided with the water and sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7066K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-171
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2B, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen E. Michael
- Registered owner
- Stephen E. Michael
- Departed
- Ione, WA
- Destination
- S62 · Athol, ID
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 52 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.