- Date
- September 5, 1990, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marseilles, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62438Boeing B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900905038219A
- Case key
- 14769
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate visual outlook to avoid collision with a wire while conducting intentional low level flight.
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 conducting intentional low level flight, the aircraft encountered a wire strike. With the wire attached to the aircraft, it descended into a river. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot sustained serious injuries and his passenger reported minor injuries. The pilot does not recall details of the flight. The passenger reported that he was reading a chart at the time of collision and did not see the wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62438
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6757
- Engine
- Continental W-670A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William D. Rodgers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- C09 · Morris, IL
- Destination
- GB6 · Galesburg, 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 938 total · 500 in this make and model · 855 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 32 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.
Other investigations on N62438 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.