Small aircraft aircraft pilot approaching private landing field hit power lines. Reporter says damag...

Attributes
ACN	385227
Time
Date	199711
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fnt
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 75 agl bound upper : 75
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
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 landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 27
ASRS Report	385227
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departed mkg on VFR pleasure flight to the vicinity of grand blanc, mi, on nov/sat/97. On approach to an uncharted private landing field I hit some power lines across the approach path. These wires were not marked. I was able to go around and make a normal landing. Subsequent examination of the aircraft proved to be slight and there were no injuries. Some sort of marking on these wires would have helped to prevent this incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA ACFT PLT APCHING PVT LNDG FIELD HIT PWR LINES. RPTR SAYS DAMAGE WAS SLIGHT.

Narrative: DEPARTED MKG ON VFR PLEASURE FLT TO THE VICINITY OF GRAND BLANC, MI, ON NOV/SAT/97. ON APCH TO AN UNCHARTED PVT LNDG FIELD I HIT SOME PWR LINES ACROSS THE APCH PATH. THESE WIRES WERE NOT MARKED. I WAS ABLE TO GAR AND MAKE A NORMAL LNDG. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT PROVED TO BE SLIGHT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SOME SORT OF MARKING ON THESE WIRES WOULD HAVE HELPED TO PREVENT THIS INCIDENT.

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.

Small aircraft aircraft pilot approaching private landing field hit power lines. Reporter says damage was slight.