- Date
- April 30, 1992, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bayside, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N468RFGrumman G164
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920430012259A
- Case key
- 18486
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout.
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 agricultural pilot was maneuvering his airplane to set up to spray a cotton field when he struck a guy wire on a radio tower. He had not seen the tower during the left turning maneuver. He did see the guy wire when he rolled the airplane level and could not avoid it. The airplane descended uncontrolled and impacted the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N468RF
- Reported as
- Grumman G164
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 213
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Perez, Patrick & Dena
- Registered owner
- Perez, Patrick & Dena
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- RFG · Refugio, 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 15,500 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP, 20 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.
Other investigations on N468RF · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.