- Date
- September 30, 1990, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nazareth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2925JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900930046849A
- Case key
- 22967
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance.
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 aerial application pilot was in a turn to reverse direction when the airplane 'mushed' into an electrical transmission wire. The wire rode under the wing for about 40 yards until control was lost. Impact was left wing low, coming to rest inverted and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2925J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803579T
- Airframe hours
- 3,319
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T1B, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Pro-Ag, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1990 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- Q55 · Dimmitt, TX
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,250 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 55 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.