Cessna 172N accident near Lovelock, NV
On May 28, 1995, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lovelock, NV. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 28, 1995
- Place
- Lovelock, NV
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.320°N, 118.200°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03481
NTSB summary
On May 27, 1995, at 2027 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N4773E, was destroyed after colliding with power lines at Lovelock, Nevada. The aircraft was operated by Fallon Airmotive Inc., of Fallon, Nevada, and was rented by the pilot for the flight. The flight originated at Fallon on the evening of the accident at 1915 hours for an undetermined destination. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight and no flight plan was filed. The pilot and the three passengers succumbed to their injuries. Witnesses observed the airplane flying straight and level at a low altitude near the accident site. A crop duster pilot who lives in a residence at his dirt airstrip heard an airplane fly past from north to south at a low altitude. The crop duster stated that he thought that it was a friend flying by his strip. A local resident observed the airplane while on his routine evening walk past the crop duster strip. He stated that he watched the airplane flying past the duster strip at a very low altitude, nearly parallel to the runway. He continued to watch the airplane as it was approaching some power lines at the low altitude. He watched the airplane collide with the top 60 kv wires with what he thought was the landing gear. He observed the arcing of the wires and the resulting crash. According to the Sierra Pacific Power Company, the wires are located about 1,056 feet from the end of the duster strip. The wires are not marked, nor are they required to be. The point of contact with the wires was between pole numbers 77506 and 77507. The wires have a sag be
Probable cause
the pilot's intentional flight at low altitude and subsequent collision with transmission wires during dusk light conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
