- Date
- August 23, 1983, 10:59 local (14:59 UTC)
- Place
- Essexville, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4025RAyres S2R-R1820
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830823044989A
- Case key
- 12317
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
While on a swath run, the acft collided with a power line & crashed in a corn field. The plt received a head injury during the accident & was unable to recall details of the occurrence. According to witnesses, he was on a northerly run & was crossing under the power line when a portion of the left wing hit a cable. The plt stated that he had conducted a ground & in-flt survey of the area prior to starting the spray operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4025R
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-R1820
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1820-020DG
- Airframe hours
- 503
- Engine
- Curtis Wright R-1820-97, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Agan'S Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1983
- Departed
- Munger, MI
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,468 total · 503 in this make and model · 7,316 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.