- Date
- August 20, 1991, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Elkhorn, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48635Schweizer G-164-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910820036849A
- Case key
- 14845
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain adequate altitude.
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
The airplane was initiating a left turn to reverse direction during aerial application when the left wing contacted orn. Aircraft control was not regained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48635
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1684
- Airframe hours
- 2,614
- Engine
- P&W R-985AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Ag Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1991 · 250 hours before
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 14,310 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 14,181 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.
Other investigations on N48635 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.