- Date
- June 3, 1990, 08:11 local (13:11 UTC)
- Place
- Altus, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4680JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900603017989A
- Case key
- 22956
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Probable cause
The PIC did not maintain the proper clearance from the powerline.
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 ag airplane was at the end of a spray run when the pilot pulled up and banked right & the left wing collided with a power line. The airplane collided with the ground and started to burn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4680J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803761T
- Airframe hours
- 1,580
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William C. Smith, doing business as Sheffield Smith Spray Co.
- Registered owner
- Sheffield-Smith Spray Co. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 19,865 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LTS, 3 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.