- Date
- June 16, 1991, 20:30 local (Jun 17, 1991, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fergus Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N57824Piper PA-36-285
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14852
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from obstacles during aerial apllication operations.
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 pilot was involved in aerial application operations in the vicinity of powerlines. He stated that when he pulled up to climb out after a spray run, the airplane did not clear the two bottom wires. The pilot flew the airplane back to the departure airport and landed with out further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57824
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-285
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7660132
- Airframe hours
- 2,651
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont 6-285-C2, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- West Central Aerial, doing business as Sprayers Inc.
- Registered owner
- Milton K. Baglien
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1991 · 119 hours before
- Airport
- FFM · Fergus Falls Municipal, runway 13, 5,640 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,215 total · 834 in this make and model · 2,084 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg