- Date
- July 30, 1982, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bishopville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9888VCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820730035629A
- Case key
- 69965
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The pilot reported that as he was entering a field on his third swath, the aircraft collided with a single transmission line. The line was leading to the center of a cotton field. The pilot did not see the line. After contacting the line, the aircraft was pulled down into soft ground and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9888V
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0138
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- James E. Tison
- Registered owner
- James E. Tison
- Departed
- St. Charles
- Destination
- St. Charles
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.