36.6480° N, 120.2525° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Tranquillity, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 29, 1992 · 10:00 local
Place
Tranquillity, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
PWOG
Aircraft
N1532A
Reported as
Airtrc AT502
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total600 in this make and model100 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.
Pilot on a cropdusting run struck and severed a powerline with aircrafts cable deflector. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ON A CROPDUSTING RUN STRUCK AND SEVERED A POWERLINE WITH AIRCRAFTS CABLE DEFLECTOR. LANDED SAFELY.