- Date
- October 28, 2023, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Abbeville, LA · Near intersection of Hwy 696 and Cactus Road, Kaplan, Louisiana
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N910MGAg-Cat G-164B
- 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
- Federal Aviation Administration - Baton Rouge FSDO
- FAA report
- 20231028015329A
- Case key
- 193328
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’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line during an aerial application flight.
Findings · 3
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 was conducting an aerial application flight when the airplane impacted a power line during a turn at the completion of a spray pass. Following the collision, the pilot was able to fly the airplane back to the departure airstrip and land without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower right wing and upper right aileron during the wire strike. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N910MG
- Reported as
- Ag-Cat G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 835B
- Built
- 1995
- Airframe hours
- 12,481
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Vincent Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Vincent Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 2023
- Departed
- PVT · Kaplan, LA
- Destination
- PVT · Kaplan, LA
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 31, 2023
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 478 total · 226 in this make and model · 399.7 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KIYA, 4 nm away
- METAR
- KIYA 281535Z AUTO 12004KT 7SM SCT016 BKN028 BKN036 26/20 A3014 RMK AO2 T02610199
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 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.