- Date
- August 4, 1983, 09:22 local (14:22 UTC)
- Place
- Semmes, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3195JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830804042439A
- Case key
- 6153
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Analysis
The acft collided with a power line during an aerial application maneuver. There were 2 set of wires crossing the area, a low set and a high set. The pilot suddenly came upon the low set and climbed over them but collided with the high set. The vertical stabilizer caught the wires and was torn off, the acft nosed into a corn field and caught fire. The plt had a medical limitation for vision requiring corrective lenses. He was complying with that requirement at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3195J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1188036161
- Airframe hours
- 1,093
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Farm Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1983 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Grand Bay, AL
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 11,949 total · 3,200 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.