Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain clearance from obstacles while maneuvering at low altitude.
NTSB analysis
The flight instructor was demonstrating low-level operations when the left wing and the vertical stabilizer struck a cable suspended across the valley. The left wing stalled and the instructor pilot applied full power and right rudder, regaining control approximately 20 feet above the ground. He then continued to the destination for an uneventful landing. A postflight inspection showed superficial marks on the left wing and the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer. There were several structural tears and radial fractures in the aft end of the fuselage boom and the top and bottom seams of the smallest part of the fuselage boom were split for more than 18 inches.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN09LA189 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Feb 12, 2009
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Hilda, Texas
- Nearest airport
- Mason County Airport (T92)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Remos G-3/600
- N-number
- N23GX
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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