- Date
- August 16, 1990, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Osceola, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7864Grumman G164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900816033189A
- Case key
- 22942
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper clearance from the power lines.
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
Witnesses observed the pilot flying over the high voltage transmission cables prior to swath runs. The tenth pass the airplane collided with two cables. Post crash fire consumed much of the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7864
- Reported as
- Grumman G164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1001
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Osceola Aerial Service
- Registered owner
- Osceola Aerial Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1990 · 278 hours before
- Departed
- 7M4 · Osceola, AR
- Airport
- 7M4 · Osceola
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,341 total · 3,559 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 30 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.
Other investigations on N7864 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.