- Date
- May 31, 1987, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grantsville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N40184Ayres S2R-T15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870531017219A
- Case key
- 11294
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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
The acft was second in a flt of three spraying forest area with dimilin when it contacted a power line suspended between two hilltops. The prop severed the single strand of cable and shortly after the engine lost power. The plt maneuvered for an emgcy lndg, jettisoned the chemicals, and extended flaps. The acft overshot a clearing and the acft settled into the trees. The plt stated that the accd may have been prevented if better recon had been done prior to the spraying operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40184
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T15
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T15-006
- Airframe hours
- 4,142
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-135, 800 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ruhe Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1987 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- 2G4 · Oakland, MD
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,005 total · 250 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRB, 52 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 N40184 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.