- Date
- June 1, 1984, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Maringouin, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7252VRockwell A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840601023889A
- Case key
- 21360
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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 plt was completing the first swath pass attempting to fly under a power line and between a tree and parked farm equipment. In a slight left turn under the power line, the right wing contacted tree tops aprx 30 ft AGL. The acft continued aprx 150 yards inflight until the right wing dropped and the acft rolled inverted crashing uncontrolled into a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7252V
- Reported as
- Rockwell A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1307
- Airframe hours
- 2,943
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-B1C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- John R. Drake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1984
- Departed
- Maringouin, LA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,552 total · 792 in this make and model · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 13 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.