- Date
- July 21, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gage, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3937ZPiper 18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721030879A
- Case key
- 70795
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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 aircraft was being used to spray grasshoppers and was flying in an easterly direction. The right wing struck a high line wire that is oriented north and south. After striking the wire the aircraft struck the ground approximately 190 feet east of the high line. The pilot was pinned to the wreckage for approximately 45 minutes before being transported to the hospital.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3937Z
- Reported as
- Piper 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7783
- Airframe hours
- 1,727
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- W.B. Hicks
- Registered owner
- W.B. Hicks
- Departed
- Gage, OK
- Destination
- Gage, OK
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 450 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 199 °F
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 N3937Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.