- Date
- September 24, 1992, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Holly Grove, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4804QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920924038689A
- Case key
- 18318
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain object 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
On the first aerial application flight over the field, the pilot flew the airplane under a powerline. The vertical stabilizer struck the wire, however, the pilot landed at an airstrip without further damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4804Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802542T
- Airframe hours
- 2,419
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Parks, Larry T.
- Registered owner
- Parks, Larry T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1992 · 343 hours before
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, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,145 total · 120 in this make and model · 3,921 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N4804Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.