- Date
- July 16, 2004, 09:32 local (14:32 UTC)
- Place
- Havana, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N519YGrumman G-164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20040716017849A
- Case key
- 59661
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines while maneuvering during an aerial application flight.
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 20,000-hour pilot was maneuvering to return to a rice field where he had been performing an aerial application when the airplane struck two power lines approximately 30 feet in height. Subsequently, the airplane impacted terrain and came to rest inverted in a rice field.
Factual narrative
On July 16, 2004, approximately 0932 central daylight time, a Grumman G-164 single-engine tailwheel-equipped agricultural airplane, N519Y, was substantially damaged when it struck a power line and impacted terrain during an aerial application flight near Havana, Arkansas. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by Poe's Aero Service, of Conway, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. The local flight originated from a private airstrip near Havana, Arkansas, at an unknown time.
According to an Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the 20,000-hour pilot was maneuvering to return to a rice field where he had been performing an aerial application when the airplane struck two power lines approximately 30 feet in height. Subsequently, the airplane impacted terrain and came to rest inverted in a rice field.
A completed Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) was not received from the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N519Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UNK
- Engine
- Continental W670, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Poe's Aero Service
- Registered owner
- Rex A. Poe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Havana, AR
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
- 59
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- RUE, 20 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.
Other investigations on N519Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.