- Date
- March 7, 1987, 18:00 local (Mar 8, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairmont, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5102NBoeing B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870307005399A
- Case key
- 22175
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During the pull up at end of swath run pilot misjudged power line clearance. Top line caught on aircraft and caused uncontrolled descent to ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5102N
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-6707
- Airframe hours
- 1,692
- Engine
- P&W R-985-3, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- T.J. Curry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1987 · 435 hours before
- Departed
- Douglas, OK
N5102NRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2022 · Boeing B75N1Airframe modelBoeing B75N1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WDG, 15 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.