19880813038319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airpts A9 · Redbud, GA · August 13, 1988

Date
August 13, 1988 · 09:00 local
Place
Redbud, GA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
FZAG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7233V
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88DKG17
Reported as
Airpts A9
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,632 total1,269 in this make and model123 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck a powerline with nose landing light on spray run. Glass blocked engine air intake. Engine quit. Crashed.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A POWERLINE WITH NOSE LANDING LIGHT ON SPRAY RUN. GLASS BLOCKED ENGINE AIR INTAKE. ENGINE QUIT. CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.