- Date
- August 14, 1988, 11:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place
- Rayne, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N979XGrumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880814032619A
- Case key
- 22502
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a swath run, the ag pilot pulled the airplane up and to the left to start a turn-around. The upper left wing struck a steel guy-cable of a 300 foot tower. The airplane made several turns of an inverted flat-spin before water impact into an eight foot deep farm pond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N979X
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 657
- Airframe hours
- 6,657
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Duane'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Firs Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1988 · 75 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 30,000 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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 N979X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.