- Date
- July 18, 1988, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cape Girardeau, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N677UGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880718035949A
- Case key
- 13906
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Analysis
The plt was applying chemicals to a field with 3 radio transmission towers along one side. He rprtd that as he was finishing the field, he circled one of the towers, them made a final swath run across the end of the field. He stated that as he pulled up from the swath run, the acft encountered wake turbulence from the 360 deg turn that he had just made around the tower. Subsequently, the acft banked to the right & collided with two of the upper guy wires, damaging the right wing tips & prop. The wire strike damaged the aileron system, so the plt made a power off forced landing in a cornfield, where the acft nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N677U
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 419
- Airframe hours
- 6,400
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Thomas Beeson, doing business as Cecil Beeson
- Registered owner
- Cecil T Beesom DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 1988 · 300 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Sikeston, MO
- Destination
- CGI · Cape Girardeau, IL
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,506 total · 11,500 in this make and model · 12,484 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N677U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.