- Date
- July 21, 1982, 07:44 local (12:44 UTC)
- Place
- Stanford, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N731AKCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721030909A
- Case key
- 72712
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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 had completed spraying approximately 75 percent of a 76 acre field. Witnesses stated that the aircraft collided with the lower of two powerlines. The aircraft was observed to clear the higher of the two power lines but hook the lower set of wires with the landing gear. It then rolled to an inverted position before striking the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731AK
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802742
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Allied Sprayers Inc.
- Registered owner
- Allied Sprayers Inc.
- Departed
- Stanford, TX
- Destination
- Stanford, TX
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,780 total · 1,200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.