- Date
- July 16, 1988, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Crowley, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8580HGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880716026999A
- Case key
- 22498
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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 agricultural pilot was working in a field which had telephone lines at one end and power lines at the other. On his last run, as he started his pull up, the airplane struck the power lines at one end of the field. The airplane went through the power lines, passed over a house, struck trees and hit the ground in an inverted position. A fire which started following impact was suppressed long enough to remove the pilot, but then destroyed the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8580H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1417
- Airframe hours
- 4,810
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Norman Reed, doing business as Reed'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Reed Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1988 · 469 hours before
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.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 5,200 in this make and model · 6,350 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 17 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.