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Charter fgt flight at night hit a power line as the pilot tried to follow a highway through a pass where he countered low clouds with less than 1 NM visibility.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 167766 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199101 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : apv |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3200 msl bound upper : 3200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 268 flight time total : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 167766 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
*Pilot of a charter freight operation tried to stay VFR under a lowering cloud deck as he followed a highway through a pass to his destination airport. The reported WX was clear around the area with no report of low clouds over the mountains or in the pass. Aircraft hit a power line but was able to continue to destination airport where propeller damage was discovered along with a broken engine mount.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CHARTER FGT FLT AT NIGHT HIT A POWER LINE AS THE PLT TRIED TO FOLLOW A HIGHWAY THROUGH A PASS WHERE HE COUNTERED LOW CLOUDS WITH LESS THAN 1 NM VISIBILITY.
Narrative: *PLT OF A CHARTER FREIGHT OPERATION TRIED TO STAY VFR UNDER A LOWERING CLOUD DECK AS HE FOLLOWED A HWY THROUGH A PASS TO HIS DEST ARPT. THE RPTED WX WAS CLR AROUND THE AREA WITH NO RPT OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OR IN THE PASS. ACFT HIT A PWR LINE BUT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DEST ARPT WHERE PROP DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ALONG WITH A BROKEN ENG MOUNT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.