Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ATL83LA250

Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Aircraft #1

N8876U

CESSNA 150

Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE SPANNING A RIVER DURING A LOW PASS OVER THE WATER. THE PILOT SAID THE PURPOSE OF THELOW PASS WAS TO LOOK FOR HIS FATHER IN A BOAT. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE SAW THE BOAT AND IN PULLING UP THE ACFT HIT THE POWER LINE. CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE WATER AND SANK.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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