- Date
- July 5, 2015, 18:31 local (22:31 UTC)
- Place
- Crawfordsville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N625EHCessna A188B
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20150705010679A
- Case key
- 91495
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the powerline during an aerial application operations.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The airplane impacted a powerline during an aerial application maneuver. The airplane sustained substantial wing and fuselage damage on impact with the powerline and terrain. The pilot reported that there were no airplane mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
The airplane impacted a powerline during an aerial application maneuver. The airplane sustained substantial wing and fuselage damage on impact with the powerline and terrain. The pilot reported that there were no airplane mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N625EH
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801568T
- Built
- 1974
- Airframe hours
- 2,337.7
- Engine
- Continenetal Motors IO-520-D34, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Swing Wing Inc
- Registered owner
- Swing Wing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 2015
- Departed
- CFJ · Crawfordsville, IN
- Destination
- CFJ · Crawfordsville, IN
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
- 29
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 11, 2014
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 407 total · 108 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- CFJ, 1 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 6, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 802 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.