- Date
- July 31, 1991, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monroeville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9106GCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030859A
- Case key
- 8446
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of the clearance between the airplane and the electrical transmission wire. A factor was the hazy visibility.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was conducting spray operations. Visibility was reduced to about 3 miles by haze and it was dusk. On pull-up from a swath run, he said, the airplane's distance from the top wire of a cross country power line was misjudged. The landing gear caught the wire and a forced landing ensued. Contact with the wire and the forced landing resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9106G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801383T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Farrar, Williamd.
- Registered owner
- Farrar, Williamd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- NONE · Goodway, AL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,625 total · 36 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 60 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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