- Date
- May 27, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ville Platte, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48383Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910527017429A
- Case key
- 18093
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Probable cause
Premature pull up from an aerial application swath run resulting in a collision with an electrical transmission line.
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
While conducting aerial application, the pilot flew under a powerline during a swath run, pulled up early, and struck the powerline from underneath. The aircraft flipped over and struck the ground nose low and inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48383
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1623
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 650 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Central Farmers Co-Op
- Registered owner
- Central Farmers Co-Op
- Departed
- LA25 · Mamou Municipal, LA
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,434 total · 6,250 in this make and model · 13,042 as pilot in command · 358 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.