- Date
- July 10, 1991, 17:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- St. Matthews, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4905QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910710027019A
- Case key
- 8431
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain safe clearance from power lines, while maneuvering to avoid an automobile in the area of his spraying operation.
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 ag pilot was spraying cotton and timing his passes to avoid automobile traffic on an adjacent road. The driver of an approaching automobile applied brakes as the airplane was committed to a pass under a double set of power lines. The pilot abruptly pulled up to avoid the automobile, and the airplane collided with the wires. He lost control of the airplane and it crashed into an adjacent field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4905Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802640T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mcneil, Kenneth W.
- Registered owner
- Mcneil, Kenneth W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Cameron, SC
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSC, 25 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.
Other investigations on N4905Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.