- Date
- May 12, 2022, 10:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N510KKThrush S2R-H80
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20220512006999A
- Case key
- 105080
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot did not ensure clearance from a power line during a surveillance pass of a field to be sprayed.
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 pilot reported that prior to spraying any field, he would make two surveillance passes. During the second surveillance pass on the day of the accident, although he was aware of a power line in the vicinity, the pilot did not ensure safe clearance from the power line. The landing gear struck the power line and the airplane impacted terrain. Both wings and the fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N510KK
- Reported as
- Thrush S2R-H80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- H80178DC
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 1,791
- Engine
- GE H80, 800 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Kingsley Kiman J, doing business as Plane Cents
- Registered owner
- Kingsley Kiman J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 2022
- Departed
- M09 · Miller, MO
- Destination
- M09 · Miller, MO
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 48
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 25, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,890 total · 330 in this make and model · 80 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KHFJ, 15 nm away
- METAR
- KHFJ 121555Z AUTO 20007G14KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A3006 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 MB 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.