- Date
- July 19, 1991, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mellwood, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3092SAyres S2R-T34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910719043799A
- Case key
- 23205
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain proper clearance with the power line.
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.
In flight collision with object
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Object - wire,transmission
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aerial application pilot was spraying three fields in a row. After completing a swath run on the first field he pulled up over a ditch and bushes. As he was descending into the second field he struck power lines, lost control, and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3092S
- Reported as
- Ayres S2R-T34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T34-100DC
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Griffin Ag, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Landall, AR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,120 total · 500 in this make and model · 4,120 as pilot in command · 402 in the last 90 days · 135 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.