- Date
- June 3, 1982, 12:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Boyle, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N731MMCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820603021229A
- Case key
- 70016
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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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had begun a swath run with a fresh load of fertilizer when the aircraft struck a wire. He stated that this was the top wire of an extremely high set. The wires ran diagonally across the southeast corner of the rice field that he was fertilizing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731MM
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18803001T
- Airframe hours
- 480
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Garrett Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Garrett Flying Service
- Departed
- Boyle, MS
- Destination
- Boyle, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,086 total · 687 in this make and model · 3,086 as pilot in command · 254 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 187 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.