# Accident 20150705010679A: Cessna A188B, Crawfordsville, IN, July 5, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2015, 18:30 local time
- Place: Crawfordsville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SWWG
- Location: 39.9756° N, 86.9197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9756&lon=-86.9197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N625EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N625EH-2017-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 108 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150705010679A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 5, 2015, AT 1830 EDT, A CESSNA 188B, N625EH, REGISTERED TO SWING WING INC., IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER IT COLLIDED WITH HIGH TENSION POWER LINES.  THE PILOT, CONDUCTING PART 137 AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CRAWFORDSVILLE AIRPORT (KCFJ) ON JULY 5, 2015, AT 1800 EDT.

THE AIRCRAFT FLEW FOUR EAST-WEST AERIAL APPLICATION RUNS PARALLEL TO A SET OF HIGH TENSION POWER LINES SITUATED ALONG THE SOUTH BORDER OF THE FIELD.  AFTER COMPLETING THE EAST-WEST APPLICATIONS, HE CLIMBED THE AIRCRAFT ABOVE THE POWER LINES TOWARDS A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION IN ORDER TO SET UP FOR A NORTHERLY DIRECTION SPRAY RUN.  WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE POWER LINES IN A LEFT BANK TURN AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE AIRPORT (KCFJ).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA293), Jul 5, 2015: Cessna A188B (N625EH), Crawfordsville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the powerline during an aerial application operations.

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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