Aeronca 7AC | N83952

The DTSB determines the Probable Cause of this accident to be pilot error, in that the during the final portion of the flight, the airplane started descending, leveled off, and flew down a valley in the terrain. A set of high-voltage powerlines
crossed the valley perpendicular to the airplane’s flight path. The airplane came to rest on a witness’s property underneath the powerlines that were struck by the airplane. The accident pilots last medical from July of 1988 was a Third Class medial.

The DTSB recommends that all pilots of all aircraft rehearse and condition themselves to be more vigilant concerning low level flights in areas where power lines are common to exist.