- Date
- June 29, 1987, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cayuga, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4703RCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870629027189A
- Case key
- 17253
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
InattentiveFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Wing - separationFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt was completing a swath run and struck a power line with the right wing, severing the wing. The aircraft did a snap roll to the right and impacted in a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4703R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802303T
- Airframe hours
- 1,398
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-023, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Alfred Dahl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 27, 1986 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- Cogswell, ND
- Destination
- Cayuga, ND
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
- 74
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 15,000 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- 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.