CLE ELUM, WA, USA
N71836
LUSCOMBE 8A
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE WHILE FLYING LOW OVER A RIVER. REPORTEDLY THE STUDENT PILOT WAS BUZZING SOME RAFTERSON THE YAKIMA RIVER WHEN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE ABOUT 25 FEET AGL. THE POWERLINE WAS DOWNED BY THE IMPACT AND THE ACFT RIGHT WING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN FLEW BACK TO BOWERS FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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