- Date
- July 24, 2019, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Deshler, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3367JCessna T188
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190724012439A
- Case key
- 99933
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires during low-altitude maneuvering.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while conducting an agricultural application flight, he made a minimum bank angle turn to the south. He then maneuvered the airplane to avoid wires, but the vertical stabilizer struck the bottom set of wires, which resulted in the separation of the top section of the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground, and a postaccident fire ensued. The airplane was consumed by postaccident fire. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, while conducting an aerial application flight, he made a minimum bank angle turn to the south. Then maneuvered the airplane to avoid wires, but the airplane's vertical stabilizer struck the bottom set of wires. The collision resulted in the loss of the top section of the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground and a post-accident fire ensued. The airplane was consumed by a post-accident fire. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3367J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18803635T
- Built
- 1980
- Airframe hours
- 6,724.1
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T1B, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 2019
- Departed
- HJH · Hebron, NE
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 18, 2019
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 467 total · 78 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- KHJH, 6 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 19, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.