# NTSB Accident ERA13LA281
> **CESSNA 172K** · 2013-06-12 · Newton, MS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13LA281
- **Event ID:** 20130612X33520
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-06-12
- **Location:** Newton, MS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.311111, -89.134719
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172K
- **Registration:** N7045G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to increase engine power during the descent for landing when instructed to do so by the flight instructor and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in collision with a static wire. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's failure to use hearing amplification as required by his Federal Aviation Administration medical certificate.

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