Flying doctor hits obstruction not visible pwrline at private airport during approach to landing.

Attributes
ACN	279970
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fep airport : zzz
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 20 agl bound upper : 20
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	279970
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Problem arose due to presence of a pwrline, unmarked, within 100 ft of landing end of runway, in this case the north end. Runway is grass, 2100 ft long. Crude, hand painted sign on gray material, with black lettering, that said 'danger' nailed (?) to top of post on the east side of approach not visible until 1 second or so of impact. Contributing factors: sun low on the horizon and behind me, low contrast between wire and surrounding terrain, absence of any clearly visible indicators of a pwrline being present.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLYING DOCTOR HITS OBSTRUCTION NOT VISIBLE PWRLINE AT PVT ARPT DURING APCH TO LNDG.

Narrative: PROB AROSE DUE TO PRESENCE OF A PWRLINE, UNMARKED, WITHIN 100 FT OF LNDG END OF RWY, IN THIS CASE THE N END. RWY IS GRASS, 2100 FT LONG. CRUDE, HAND PAINTED SIGN ON GRAY MATERIAL, WITH BLACK LETTERING, THAT SAID 'DANGER' NAILED (?) TO TOP OF POST ON THE E SIDE OF APCH NOT VISIBLE UNTIL 1 SECOND OR SO OF IMPACT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: SUN LOW ON THE HORIZON AND BEHIND ME, LOW CONTRAST BTWN WIRE AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN, ABSENCE OF ANY CLRLY VISIBLE INDICATORS OF A PWRLINE BEING PRESENT.

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.