- Date
- April 3, 1991, 17:27 local (23:27 UTC)
- Place
- Hobart, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N53215Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910403008289A
- Case key
- 23317
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with known objects.
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 agriculture spraying operations the pilot executed a second pass; however, he failed to maintain sufficient clearance with a set of electrical power lines. The airplane struck the wires and the pilot lost control. Following the initial wire strike, the airplane descended to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53215
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801692T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Robert Gould, doing business as Hobart Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Robert Gould
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- HBR · Hobart, OK
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 1° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °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.