- Date
- August 6, 1989, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Valley City, ND
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N188TVCessna 188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890806027229A
- Case key
- 17554
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot. The power line was a related factor.
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 acft collided with the wires of a large power line at the completion of a swath run. The collision occurred at an alt of about 35 ft AGL. After the collision, the acft rolled inverted & impacted the gnd about 270 ft beyond the power line. The plt's prev application for a med cert had been denied.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N188TV
- Reported as
- Cessna 188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800687
- Airframe hours
- 3,283
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Otterson, Robert S., doing business as Bob Otterson Spraying Service
- Registered owner
- Husky Spray Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1989 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- Valley City, 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JMS, 27 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.