Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW82DA063

KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, USA

Aircraft #1

N77029

CESSNA 140

Analysis

DURING THE POWER RECOVERY FROM A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING TO A RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK FOUR STRANDS OF TELEPHONE WIRE WHICH RAN PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRACKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT A NEARBY AIRPORT WHERE POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD TWO FEET OF THE LEFT WING.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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