- Date
- March 14, 1982, 09:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mahew, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2965JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820314003769A
- Case key
- 71544
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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
During return flight to airport the pilot flew into a previously treated field for a cleanup swath run. Approximately 1700 feet from the south end of the field the aircraft collided with a 3-strand steel twisted cable powerline running east-west across the field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2965J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03585T
- Airframe hours
- 1,045
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520T, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- David L Bright
- Registered owner
- Professional Applicators, Inc.
- Departed
- Columbus, MS
- Destination
- Columbus, 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.