- Date
- August 2, 1990, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Amherst, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N84524Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900802029529A
- Case key
- 14439
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to see and avoid power lines in his area of operation.
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
An airplane engaged in aerial application struck a power line guy wire suspended about 45 feet above ground, separating the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84524
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801993
- Airframe hours
- 2,575
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- G & L Air Services, Inc., doing business as Buffalo Air Service
- Registered owner
- Platte Valley Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1990 · 284 hours before
- Departed
- EAR · Kearney, NE
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 150 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAR, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.