Cessna 182R N9374H

Summary

On 22 January 2004 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N9374H was involved in an accident near Ringgold, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 January 2004 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Ringgold, Texas, United States

Coordinates

33.8494, -97.9453

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N9374H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mesquite → Guymon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA064

Nobody was injured.

The pilots failure to maintain clearance from the support wire while on a pipeline patrol flight. A contributing factor was the haze restricting the pilots forward visibility, and low altitude flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 16,000-hour commercial pilot was on a routine pipeline patrol at an altitude of 300 feet above ground level, when the outboard part of the right wing of the airplane came in contact with a tower support wire. After impact the pilot "deemed the plane flyable," and elected to return to the departure airport. The pilot reported that the conditions were hazy and that by the time he saw the tower, it was too late to take evasive actions. The utility tower was depicted on the sectional chart.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.