- Date
- May 29, 1989, 07:25 local (12:25 UTC)
- Place
- Gueydan, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5267Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890529015759A
- Case key
- 22726
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Probable cause
Visual lookout was not maintained by the pilot in command, which resulted in the collision with a power transmission line during a swath run.
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 airplane was being utilized as an aerial applicaton airplane and was spraying a field with chemicals when it flew straight into high voltage power lines. It bounced back from the lines and fell to the ground. The pilot does not remember the accident or the circumstances leading to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5267
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 590
- Airframe hours
- 7,218
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Jackie J. Kibodesux, doing business as Broussard Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Broussard Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1989 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Kaplan, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 25 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.