- Date
- August 30, 1982, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Marks, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8823SAir Tractor 301A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820830042749A
- Case key
- 71587
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Object - wire,static
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
Aircraft collided with guy wire while spraying chemicals, aircraft went out of control and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8823S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor 301A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 197
- Airframe hours
- 1,640
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mothershead Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mothershead Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- Marks, MS
- Destination
- Marks, MS
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 1,640 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.