# Incident 20060604019939I: Wthrly 620B, Pigeon, MI, June 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2006, 10:11 local time
- Place: Pigeon, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FKSG
- Location: 43.8294° N, 83.2702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pigeon, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8294&lon=-83.2702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9026E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026E-2009-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620B (registry code 9630605, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 620B
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060604019939I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JUNE 04, 2006 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS CONDUCTING OPERATIONS UNDER 14 CFR PART 137 WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A DETROIT EDISON POWER LINE NEAR PIGEON MICHIGAN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE WAS INITIATING A SPRAY RUN NEAR A POWER SUBSTATION AND CONCENTRATED HIS ATTENTION ON THE MAIN LINES FEEDING THAT STATION AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY OTHER LINES IN THE AREA. WHILE LEVELING HIS AIRCRAFT FOR THE SPRAY RUN, AN ADDITIONAL UNSEEN WIRE STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT'S WINDSHIELD SEVERING THE POWER LINE AND DAMAGING THE WIRE DEFECTOR AFT OF THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ PROCEEDED TO THE BAD AXE AIRPORT (BAX) TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. SPRAY OPERATIONS WERE CONTINUED AFTER REPAIRING THE WIRE DEFLECTOR. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR BEING THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO NOTICE SUBJECT WIRE DUE TO ATTENTION DIVERTED TO THE SUBSTATION WIRES.

## Other reports on N9026E (1)

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

- [Accident 20070712826509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070712826509A), Jul 12, 2007: Wthrly 620B (N9026E), Wyoming, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 12, 2007, at 1939 central daylight time, a weatherly 620B, N9026E, collided with power lines during an aerial application flight in Wyoming,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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