- Date
- May 26, 1982, 16:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8388Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820526019259A
- Case key
- 73090
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The aircraft collided with wires and crashed during a crop dusting operation. The aircraft hit wires during a turn at the end of a swath run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8388
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 880
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Watts Agricultural Aviation
- Registered owner
- Watts Agricultural Aviation
- Departed
- Woodland, CA
- Destination
- Woodland, CA
N8388Registered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AAirframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 18 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 N8388 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.