Cessna 172 N9160H, Fatal Crash near Adger, AL 02/16/24

[Stephen Poole]

Accident Cessna 172M Skyhawk N9160H,

A Cessna 172M Skyhawk crashed after a photo mission over Hoover under unknown circumstances in a tributary creek feeding the Black Warrior River, north of Brookwood, Alabama. The pilot pe...

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Well-known local aerial photographer, owner of Todd Media. Details still under investigation, but the pilot was doing aerial photography, flew over some fishermen who filmed the plane "very low over the trees," then crashed shortly afterwards. Early reports said that he had "clipped a pole," but that's omitted from more recent news.

 

[AV8R_87]

Strange one.
Wonder what he was doing flying that low. Any power lines over the river in that area?

 

[RyanShort1]

Any word on if they’ve recovered the aircraft yet?

 

[Stephen Poole]

Any word on if they’ve recovered the aircraft yet?

It's my understanding that they're attempting the recovery today (Tuesday).