- Date
- June 15, 1984, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Circleville, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7660VRockwell Callair A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840615029359A
- Case key
- 16401
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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
After spraying several fields, the plt looked down to check a map during which time a loss of altitude occurred. The acft collided with a barbed wire fence. One of the main gear was damaged & the barbed wire became entangled in the propeller. During a forced landing, the remaining main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7660V
- Reported as
- Rockwell Callair A-9B (CALLAIR A-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1388
- Airframe hours
- 4,520
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-B1C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Parowan Crop Dusting Service
- Registered owner
- Denton Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1984 · 28 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,190 total · 28 in this make and model · 1,120 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.