20040716017849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Scwzer G-164 · Danville, AR · July 16, 2004

Date: July 16, 2004 · 09:30 local
Place: Danville, AR
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: KTSG
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N519Y
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW04CA185
Reported as: Scwzer G164
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total8,000 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N519YRegistered now · Grumman G-164S/N 156 · Built 1962 Airframe modelGrumman G-164 Engine modelContinental W670 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On July 16, 2004, at 1320 CDT, a Grumman ag cat, G-164-164, N519Y, sustained substantial damage when it collided with an electrical power line and subsequently crashed into a rice field while conducting an aerial application to the rice field near Danville, Arkansas. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, sustained serious injuries. The airplane is registered to rex a. poe and operated by poe's aero service, of conway, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 CFR part 137 aerial application flight, the local flight departed an agricultural air strip at an unknown time. It was reported that the airplane struck an electrical transmission power line which started the crash sequence. The airplane came to rest, inverted, in the middle of a large rice field. (-23 amendment) changed accident no. from FTWO4LA185 to FTW04CA185.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 16, 2004, AT 1320 CDT, A GRUMMAN AG CAT, G-164-164, N519Y, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL POWER LINE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED INTO A RICE FIELD WHILE CONDUCTING AN AERIAL APPLICATION TO THE RICE FIELD NEAR DANVILLE, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO REX A. POE AND OPERATED BY POE'S AERO SERVICE, OF CONWAY, ARKANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT, THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED AN AGRICULTURAL AIR STRIP AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION POWER LINE WHICH STARTED THE CRASH SEQUENCE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, INVERTED, IN THE MIDDLE OF A LARGE RICE FIELD. (-23 AMENDMENT) CHANGED ACCIDENT NO. FROM FTWO4LA185 TO FTW04CA185.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB FTW04CA185Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportHavana, ARThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines while maneuvering during an aerial application flight.Jul 16, 2004 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N519Y · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20080725840989ALow Level Operations · Newport, AR(-23) On July 25, 2008 at approximately 11:30 CDT a Grumman G-164, N519Y, departed Newport, Arkansas 72212 (M19), from runway 22. After turning southeast the commercial rated pilot noticed the aircraft was decending rapidily. The aircraft impacted a cornfield…Jul 25, 2008 · Substantial damage