- Date
- June 4, 1982, 07:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- San Marcos, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3590PPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820604020739A
- Case key
- 72507
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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 on a flight to spray his own farm. While maneuvering during aerial application, the left wing tip struck a telephone guy wire and then the plane crashed. The pilot had been spraying his own farm over the previous 10 yrs with the same telephone wires in place.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3590P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 184545
- Airframe hours
- 7,252
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 91
- Operator
- William M. Soyars
- Registered owner
- William M. Soyars
- Departed
- C · Lowman Field, TX
- Destination
- C · Lowman Field, 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 103 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 18° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.