- Date
- July 28, 1991, 10:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place
- Driscoll, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N85987Cessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910728030289A
- Case key
- 23232
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the guy wire during the aerial application maneuver.
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
During an aerial application maneuver, the agricultural airplane impacted telephone guy wires, descended uncontrolled, and impacted an open field. The pilot was not wearing a helmet or a shoulder harness. No mechanical anomalies were noted to any of the airplane's systems by the FAA coordinator during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85987
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802002T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-3, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Willis W. Stanley, doing business as Stanley Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Willis W. Stanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 07R · Bishop, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 5,700 as pilot in command · 475 in the last 90 days · 180 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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.
Other investigations on N85987 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.