Cessna 175 N7027M

Summary

On 11 May 1986 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 175 registered N7027M, operated by JIM Kapeller, was involved in an accident near Louisburg, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 May 1986 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Louisburg, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

38.6174, -94.6796

Aircraft

Cessna 175

Registration

N7027M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

JIM Kapeller

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gardner → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86LA104

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING A FLY-BY OVER A PVT AIRSTRIP OWNED BY THE PLT, THE ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES BORDERING THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRSTRIP WHICH THE PLT STATED HE FORGOT ABOUT. THE PLT REPORTED HE FAILED TO PULL UP DURING THE OVER FLY AND FLEW UNDER THE POWER LINES. THE ACFT STRUCK THE LINES WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS. THE ACFT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO ANOTHER PVT AIRSTRIP WHERE A LANDING WAS PERFORMED. THE PLT'S PVT AIRSTRIP WAS RECENTLY SEEDED AND THE PLT WAS OBSERVING THE RWY SURFACE FROM THE AIR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.