GARDINER, NY, USA
N5634B
CESSNA C182
THE ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES ON FINAL APCH AND DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED TO GROUND IMPACT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED WHEN HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE THEN PROCEEDED ONTO FINAL APCH AT A 'NORMAL ALTITUDE'AND FULL FLAPS WERE ADDED. SHORTLY AFTER FULL FLAPS WERE ADDED, THE PLT REPORTED A MODERATE TO SEVERE WIND SHEAR WAS ENCOUNTERED AND A SINK RATE DEVELOPED. POWER WAS ADDED TO RECOVER, HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTACTED THE POWER LINES, DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT AND NOSED OVER.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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