- Date
- July 2, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Swifton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9869Grumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820702054409A
- Case key
- 72773
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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
The pilot was engaged in an aerial application flight over a rice field with multiple high tension wires. At the beginning of a swath run, the aircraft struck power lines and crashed. The pilot had no recollection of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9869
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1222
- Airframe hours
- 4,259
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Albert R. Baird
- Registered owner
- Albert R. Baird
- Departed
- Jonesboro, AR
- Destination
- Jonesboro, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,750 total · 126 in this make and model · 1,670 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 201 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.